英语词汇“government billet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	government billet
释义	government billet noun Australian historical A job in the public service, especially one which is well paid and undemanding: once he gets a government billet there’s little chance of getting rid of him... He hoped to get some government billet—the grand object of all colonial sea captains of that epoch. I will look out for a government billet, which will provide for me for life. He just sold himself for a government billet, like many an honest man before and since.
随便看	take the edge off take the fall take the field take the floor take the gilt off the gingerbread take the King's (or Queen's) shilling take the King's shilling take the law into one's own hands take the liberty take the long view take the mound take the (or one's etc.) secret to the grave take the part of take the piss (out of someone/thing) take the place of take the plunge take the rap take the rough with the smooth take the salute take the shine off take the starch out of take the trouble take the veil take the wind out of someone's sails take the words out of someone's mouth

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