单词 | pre-service |
释义 | pre-serviceadj. Of or relating to a period before a person or thing enters service. Now esp.: relating to the period before a person takes a job which requires training. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > career > [adjective] > before being employed pre-service1918 preemployment1927 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > [adjective] > before use pre-service1967 1918 Times 17 Dec. 5/1 Their desire is to get men returned as speedily as possible to the mercantile marine or the fishing fleet or to their ordinary pre-service avocations. 1928 Rep. Comm. Educ., U.S. Dept. Interior 30 June 6 The movement for improving preservice and inservice training of teachers for rural schools. 1944 W. Temple Church looks Forward xix. 135 During the war, with the Pre-Service Units of various kinds, still more has to be done. 1967 M. Chandler Ceramics in Mod. World v. 150 Short-term pre-service protection can be provided by coating such bricks with tar. 2000 Professionally Speaking June 51/3 This book is both a summary and a heads-up for pre-service candidates about what's new..in English classrooms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1918 |
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