conscription

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conscription — 名詞

1. a government rule that requires citizens, usually young men, to serve in the arm

1.名詞C1
釋義

徵兵；徵召

政府依法強制人民入伍服役的制度

a government rule that requires citizens, usually young men, to serve in the army, navy, or air force for a fixed period, whether or not they want to.

例句

South Korea still uses conscription, so most young men serve eighteen months in the army.

南韓至今仍實施徵兵，多數年輕男性都要在軍中服役十八個月。

country + uses + conscription (typical subject-verb collocation)

Aarav's grandfather was sent to fight in Burma under wartime conscription.

Aarav 的祖父在戰時徵兵下被派往緬甸作戰。

under (wartime) conscription — common prepositional pattern

常見搭配
  • introduce conscription
  • abolish conscription
  • end conscription
  • resist conscription
  • wartime conscription
  • compulsory conscription
  • register for conscription
同義詞
  • draft

    American English everyday term for the same system; less formal than 'conscription'.

  • compulsory military service

    a descriptive phrase often used when 'conscription' would sound too technical.

  • call-up

    informal British term; usually refers to the moment of being summoned rather than the policy as a whole.

反義詞
  • volunteer service

    joining the armed forces by personal choice rather than by law.

  • all-volunteer force

    a military made up entirely of people who chose to join, opposite of conscription-based armies.

用法筆記

Almost always uncountable and used with no article when speaking of the system in general (`introduce conscription`, not `a conscription`). Subject is normally a government or country; object roles are rare because conscription is the action itself.

常見錯誤

The government introduced a conscription last year.
The government introduced conscription last year.
uncountable; no article when referring to the system.
He did his conscription in the navy.
He did his military service in the navy.
conscription names the policy, not the period an individual serves.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • conscription law
  • conscription age
  • conscription system

常用片語

  • introduce conscription
  • abolish conscription
  • resist conscription
  • register for conscription

介系詞搭配

  • under conscription
  • exempt from conscription
  • subject to conscription