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Militia Body Men Military Service Sense Mi'liʃə N.民兵

单词 militia
音标 [mi'liʃə]
解释 n.民兵
红宝书 【英】 民兵(a body of men not belonging to a regular army, but trained as soldiers to serve only in their own country)
字源 militia (n.)
1580s, "system of military discipline," from Latin militia "military service, warfare," from miles "soldier" (see military). Sense of "citizen army" (as distinct from professional soldiers) is first recorded 1690s, perhaps from a sense in French cognate milice. In U.S. history, "the whole body of men declared by law amenable to military service, without enlistment, whether armed and drilled or not" (1777).
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趣味全助记 【记】military 军事的

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