Электронная книга: Crane Stephen «Active Service»

Другие книги автора:

См. также в других словарях:

• active service — also .active duty n [U] the work that soldiers do in a war ▪ Powell was declared unfit for active service. on active service/duty ▪ More than 20,000 women are on active duty …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• active service — noun uncount a soldier, pilot, etc. who is on active service is ready to take part in a battle that is taking place, instead of simply preparing for one …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• active service — ► NOUN ▪ direct participation in military operations as a member of the armed forces …   English terms dictionary

• active service — noun see active duty * * * ˌactive ˈservice [active service] (NAmE also ˌactive ˈduty) noun uncountable the work of a member of the armed forces, e …   Useful english dictionary

• active service — N UNCOUNT: oft on N Someone who is on active service is taking part in a war as a member of the armed forces. [mainly BRIT] In April 1944 he was killed on active service... The colonel saw active service in Borneo and was awarded the General… …   English dictionary

• active service — One in the Armed Forces who faces the enemy at the front and also one serving as a soldier, sailor, or airman in garrison, military camp, fort, or cantonment in support of forces at the front or in the performance of duty, even in time of peace.… …   Ballentine's law dictionary