英语词汇“on the strength”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

i. Military. on the strength: on or on to the rolls of a regiment, corps, etc., or (now historical) the register of soldiers' wives and children recognized by the military authorities; opposed to off the strength.

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society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [adverb]

on the strength1791

1791 in E. Moor Compilation Discipline & Expenditure Bombay Army (?1804) xiv. §22 No petition to the Governor in Council,..will be received, that is not signed by the senior officer of the corps to which the petitioner belongs; or by the town major, in cases where the petitioner is not on the strength of any corps.

1812 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Despatches (1860) VII. 296 All men missing from the 2nd battalion are to continue on the strength of the 2nd battalion.

1864 G. J. Whyte-Melville Brookes of Bridlemere ii The coloured clothes denoting that the wearer was a bâtman, or officer's servant, though on the strength of the regiment as a trooper in its ranks.

1889 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Apr. 533/2 The colonel had put the widow woman ‘on the strength’—she was no longer an unrecognized waif, but had her regimental position.

1897 United Serv. Mag. Nov. 147 Married soldiers are of two categories, those married ‘on the strength’ and those married ‘off the strength’.

1938 Life 18 Apr. 4/2 The British Army enlists boys of the age of 15 who learn drumming, and they are on the strength of the Regiment as boys until they attain the age of 19 years when they are taken on the strength as men.

2004 H. E. Raugh Victorians at War 345/2 A lottery was held to determine which of the wives on the strength would be allowed to accompany their husbands.

单词	on the strength
释义	> as lemmas on the strength i. Military. on the strength: on or on to the rolls of a regiment, corps, etc., or (now historical) the register of soldiers' wives and children recognized by the military authorities; opposed to off the strength. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > enlistment or recruitment > [adverb] on the strength1791 1791 in E. Moor Compilation Discipline & Expenditure Bombay Army (?1804) xiv. §22 No petition to the Governor in Council,..will be received, that is not signed by the senior officer of the corps to which the petitioner belongs; or by the town major, in cases where the petitioner is not on the strength of any corps. 1812 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Despatches (1860) VII. 296 All men missing from the 2nd battalion are to continue on the strength of the 2nd battalion. 1864 G. J. Whyte-Melville Brookes of Bridlemere ii The coloured clothes denoting that the wearer was a bâtman, or officer's servant, though on the strength of the regiment as a trooper in its ranks. 1889 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Apr. 533/2 The colonel had put the widow woman ‘on the strength’—she was no longer an unrecognized waif, but had her regimental position. 1897 United Serv. Mag. Nov. 147 Married soldiers are of two categories, those married ‘on the strength’ and those married ‘off the strength’. 1938 Life 18 Apr. 4/2 The British Army enlists boys of the age of 15 who learn drumming, and they are on the strength of the Regiment as boys until they attain the age of 19 years when they are taken on the strength as men. 2004 H. E. Raugh Victorians at War 345/2 A lottery was held to determine which of the wives on the strength would be allowed to accompany their husbands. extracted from strengthn. < as lemmas
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