英语词汇“to see service”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. to see service.

(a) Of a member of the armed forces: to participate directly in military operations; esp. to gain experience of warfare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] > see active service

to see service1579

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > be in use or called into use [verb (intransitive)] > have been used

to see servicea1616

1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. G.iiij Many at home, that neuer saw seruice abrode, sittyng on soft cushons..doeth descant of euery mans doyng.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 14 Our Gentlemen that meane to see The Tuscan seruice .

1778 T. Townshend in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 304 He has an ardent desire to see service.

1838 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) I. 298 Fourteen years a soldier without seeing any service.

1918 Washington Post 14 June 6/6 An Italian aviator who has seen service on the Austrian front and on the western front in France.

2016 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 13 Nov. The three ex-Royal Marines..saw service together in Afghanistan.

(b) In extended use: (of a thing) to be put to use (in early use esp. in a military context). Often in the perfect tense (without contextual indication of purpose, mode of use, etc.): spec. to have been much used, worn, etc.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 68 If this bee a horsemans Coate, it hath seene very hot seruice .

1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iv. sig. H^v Here sir, receive this Military Cassocke, 't has seene service.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. ix. 301 There, take it [sc. a blunderbuss]—it has seen service, though it could do little in defending the castle.

1819 Times 27 Dec. An old musket, which is said to have seen service in the rebellion of 1745.

1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate iii My face has seen service, but there is still a good set of teeth [etc.].

1900 Illustr. London News 1 Sept. 295/1 A rug that has seen service beyond the boundaries of Europe will serve to defy the chill hours that precede the dawn.

2002 Times 14 Aug. 32/2 I ate in a wondrously obsolete restaurant where the carpet had seen service for generations.

单词	to see service
释义	> as lemmas to see service c. to see service. (a) Of a member of the armed forces: to participate directly in military operations; esp. to gain experience of warfare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > serve as a soldier [verb (intransitive)] > see active service to see service1579 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > be in use or called into use [verb (intransitive)] > have been used to see servicea1616 1579 T. Churchyard Gen. Rehearsall Warres sig. G.iiij Many at home, that neuer saw seruice abrode, sittyng on soft cushons..doeth descant of euery mans doyng. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. ii. 14 Our Gentlemen that meane to see The Tuscan seruice . View more context for this quotation 1778 T. Townshend in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1844) III. 304 He has an ardent desire to see service. 1838 J. S. Mill Diss. & Disc. (1859) I. 298 Fourteen years a soldier without seeing any service. 1918 Washington Post 14 June 6/6 An Italian aviator who has seen service on the Austrian front and on the western front in France. 2016 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 13 Nov. The three ex-Royal Marines..saw service together in Afghanistan. (b) In extended use: (of a thing) to be put to use (in early use esp. in a military context). Often in the perfect tense (without contextual indication of purpose, mode of use, etc.): spec. to have been much used, worn, etc. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iii. 68 If this bee a horsemans Coate, it hath seene very hot seruice . View more context for this quotation 1640 H. Glapthorne Hollander iv. sig. H^v Here sir, receive this Military Cassocke, 't has seene service. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. ix. 301 There, take it [sc. a blunderbuss]—it has seen service, though it could do little in defending the castle. 1819 Times 27 Dec. An old musket, which is said to have seen service in the rebellion of 1745. 1827 W. Scott Chron. Canongate iii My face has seen service, but there is still a good set of teeth [etc.]. 1900 Illustr. London News 1 Sept. 295/1 A rug that has seen service beyond the boundaries of Europe will serve to defy the chill hours that precede the dawn. 2002 Times 14 Aug. 32/2 I ate in a wondrously obsolete restaurant where the carpet had seen service for generations. extracted from servicen.¹ < as lemmas
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