| 单词 | staff job |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstaff job a. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of or belonging to a military staff’ (see sense 21), as in staff appointment, staff car, staff duty, staff job, etc. See also staff officer n.Also in extended use in naval contexts (originally British Navy), designating certain senior officers in specialist technical roles: see staff captain n., staff commander n., staff surgeon n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [adjective] > senior officer staff1867 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > [adjective] > of senior grade staff1867 1784 Kentish Gaz. 13 Nov. Some books respecting the Staff appointment of the Colonel were sent for, and the Court waited for them a considerable time. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 577/2 Staff appointments are held for five years only. 1909 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 568/2 The adjutant inspected the Staff parade. 1913 R. Meinertzhagen Diary 19 Dec. (1960) 57 I expected a better groundwork in staff duties. a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) i. 11 A few staff and liaison officers in jeeps and staff cars still passed. 1978 R. V. Jones Most Secret War xix. 155 Scott-Farnie himself would be going and would have a staff car. 2014 Squadron Buzz (Fleet Air Arm Squadron) No. 67. 10 I was lucky enough to get promoted from the pilots' appointer job..and moved through various staff jobs. < as lemmas |
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