单词 | pre-war |
释义 | pre-warWord family (noun) war warfare warrior (adjective) pre-war ≠ post-war warring From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Militarypre-warpre-war /ˌpriː ˈwɔː◂ $ -ˈwɔːr◂/ adjective [usually before noun]PMWARhappening or existing before a war, especially the Second World War OPP post-war pre-war BritainExamples from the Corpuspre-war• There was some pre-war and wartime development but the real growth began in the 1940s.• Tommy did all the pre-war Chapel outings.• But does it exist anywhere outside coiled up rolls of decaying celluloid of pre-war films?• Bert Hall, a true Texan soldier-of-fortune, already had a colourful pre-war flying career behind him.• The last of the pre-war Kindertransporte left Berlin on 31 August.• They feared a post-war depression but wanted a return to pre-war policies.• But that is looking back to pre-war pre-Blitz days.• Different sections of the pre-war work-force suffered from one or the other. |
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