| 单词 | passport control |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspassport control passport control n. (a) regulation of the issue and inspection of passports; (b) the place at a port, airport, etc., where passports are checked. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > authorization to travel to, from, or in a country > [noun] > document > issuing or inspection of passporting1842 road control1859 passport control1878 immigration1966 1878 Observer 30 June 5/5 The new regulations with regards to passports have not been made with the view of introducing a passport control at railway stations, but of exercising such control in connection with a system to be properly organised of registering all new arrivals at Berlin. 1919 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 13 802 Passports. Message transmitting communication from Secretary of State suggesting that passport-control act of May 22, 1918, be extended for one year after peace shall have been concluded. 1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety i. 17 An ordered world Of planned pleasures and passport-control. 1973 W. McCarthy Detail iii. 150 He walked across the airport towards passport control. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 Jan. The level of immigration abuse was..causing problems for genuine visitors by leading to huge queues at passport control. < as lemmas |
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