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单词 off-reserve
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off-reserveadj.adv.

Brit. /ˈɒfrᵻzəːv/, /ˌɒfrᵻˈzəːv/, U.S. /ˈɔfrəˌzərv/, /ˈɑfrəˌzərv/, /ˈɔfriˌzərv/, /ˈɑfriˌzərv/, Canadian English /ˈɒfrəˌzɜrv/, /ˈɒfriˌzɜrv/, /ˌɒfrəˈzɜrv/, /ˌɒfriˈzɜrv/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: off- prefix, reserve n. and adj.
Etymology: < off- prefix + reserve n. and adj. Compare earlier off-reservation adj. at off- prefix 2a.
North American (now chiefly Canadian).
A. adj.
Located or living outside a designated reserve for an indigenous (originally American Indian) people; = off-reservation adj. at off- prefix 2a.
ΚΠ
1950 J. R. Hanks & F. Gully Tribe under Trust 70 In periods of general unemployment there are practically no off-reserve jobs for Indians available.
1978 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 20 Feb. 10 Fewer than 550 of the more than 700 Islington band members live at Whitedog. Many of the others live in off-reserve housing provided by the federal Government in Minaki.
1992 Maclean's 19 Oct. 21/3 The Métis and off-reserve natives would continue in non-status limbo.
1994 C. Wien Turtle Drum 126 The off-reserve plumbers didn't come.
B. adv.
Not on a reserve.
ΚΠ
1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 July 1 Those who live off-reserve in the city.
1992 Women's Educ. des Femmes Winter 8/2 The dreadful conditions aboriginal women are forced to live in, both on and off-reserve.
1996 Maclean's (Electronic ed.) 11 Nov. Half of the Indian population now lives off-reserve.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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