单词 | command performance |
释义 | command performanceSEE SYNONYMS FOR command performance ON THESAURUS.COM nouna performance of a play, opera, ballet, or the like, given at the request of a sovereign or head of state. Origin of command performanceFirst recorded in 1895–1900 Words nearby command performancecommand module, commando, commando operation, commando procedure, command paper, command performance, command post, comma splice, comm badge, commeasurable, commeasure Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for command performancecommand performance nouna performance of a play, opera, etc, at the request of a ruler or of royalty 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 Idioms and Phrases with command performancecommand performance An occasion that one is obliged to attend, as in My boss's invitations to dinner are always a command performance. This term originally (late 1800s) denoted a theatrical or musical performance presented at the behest of a sovereign or head of state. By the 1930s it was also used figuratively for any more or less obligatory occasion or performance. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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