单词 | civil service |
释义 | civil serviceSEE SYNONYMS FOR civil service ON THESAURUS.COM nounthose branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services. the body of persons employed in these branches. a system or method of appointing government employees on the basis of competitive examinations, rather than by political patronage. Origin of civil serviceFirst recorded in 1775–85 Words nearby civil servicecivil rights, Civil Rights Act of 1964, civil rights movement, civils, civil servant, civil service, civil society, civil tongue, civil union, civil war, civil year Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for civil serviceBritish Dictionary definitions for civil servicecivil service nounthe service responsible for the public administration of the government of a country. It excludes the legislative, judicial, and military branches. Members of the civil service have no official political allegiance and are not generally affected by changes of governments the members of the civil service collectively Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for civil servicecivil service The nonmilitary personnel who work for a government, applying its laws and regulations. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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