英语词汇“name, rank, and number”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P21. Military. name, rank, and (serial) number: the conventional minimum amount of information that a prisoner of war is expected to give his or her captors; hence allusively in a variety of contexts.

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1929 Times 27 July 11/3 The clauses dealing with a prisoner's capture are framed to protect the prisoner. In future he need only give his name, rank, and number.

1938 S. Bond Mil. Sci. & Tactics, Infantry (Basic) 285 When questioned he [sc. a captured scout] should divulge nothing concerning his organization, or the designations, strength or locations of any other friendly troops, giving the enemy no information except his own name, rank and serial number.

1944 Flying Mag. Nov. 32/3 A pilot is taken to a small, isolated camp where he is quarantined for questioning. All he need do is tell his name, rank and serial number, although additional questions are always asked. earlier examples.

1953 A. Christie Crooked House (rev. ed.) xii. 96 If you were captured, your name, rank, and number [1949 name, rank, and unit], but nothing more.

1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies xxi. 105 Our friend's a traditionalist—he remembers all that jazz about name, rank and number.

1991 W. Perry Roads that Move (BNC) 16 As a soldier, Nathaniel was no longer Nathaniel. He was a name, rank and number, his individuality merely an accident.

2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 2 Apr. 65 He seems to have been trained in the OK-school of journalism which teaches you to ask..nothing more probing than name, rank and number.

单词	name, rank, and number
释义	> as lemmas name, rank, and (serial) number P21. Military. name, rank, and (serial) number: the conventional minimum amount of information that a prisoner of war is expected to give his or her captors; hence allusively in a variety of contexts. ΚΠ 1929 Times 27 July 11/3 The clauses dealing with a prisoner's capture are framed to protect the prisoner. In future he need only give his name, rank, and number. 1938 S. Bond Mil. Sci. & Tactics, Infantry (Basic) 285 When questioned he [sc. a captured scout] should divulge nothing concerning his organization, or the designations, strength or locations of any other friendly troops, giving the enemy no information except his own name, rank and serial number. 1944 Flying Mag. Nov. 32/3 A pilot is taken to a small, isolated camp where he is quarantined for questioning. All he need do is tell his name, rank and serial number, although additional questions are always asked. earlier examples. 1953 A. Christie Crooked House (rev. ed.) xii. 96 If you were captured, your name, rank, and number [1949 name, rank, and unit], but nothing more. 1973 T. Allbeury Choice of Enemies xxi. 105 Our friend's a traditionalist—he remembers all that jazz about name, rank and number. 1991 W. Perry Roads that Move (BNC) 16 As a soldier, Nathaniel was no longer Nathaniel. He was a name, rank and number, his individuality merely an accident. 2001 Daily Mail (Nexis) 2 Apr. 65 He seems to have been trained in the OK-school of journalism which teaches you to ask..nothing more probing than name, rank and number. extracted from namen.adj. < as lemmas
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