| 释义 |
national service
UK
noun uncountable
■the system by which young people, especially men, are ordered by law to spend a period of time in the armed forces 兵役•In some countries, everyone does two years' national service after leaving school.在某些国家，所有人离开学校后都要服两年兵役。 •In Britain, national service was abolished in 1962.英国在1962年废除了兵役制。 Compare selective service |