be promoted to corporal
表达晋升到下士军衔时,用介词 to 连接军衔名词。
After two years of service, she was promoted to corporal.
服役两年后,她晋升为下士。
下士(警衔);圣餐布;拉多纳属蜻蜓;北约军衔 OR-4 级的陆军下士,位于中士之下、列兵和一等兵之上。;圣餐礼中放置圣体的白色亚麻布;圣餐布。
A non-commissioned officer rank in the army, below sergeant and above lance corporal and private.
陆军军衔
北约军衔 OR-4 级的陆军下士,位于中士之下、列兵和一等兵之上。
A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
圣餐礼中放置圣体的白色亚麻布;圣餐布。
The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
警队中的下士警衔,位于警长之下、巡警或普通警员之上。
A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
拉多纳属(Ladona)的一种蜻蜓。
A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
The corporal ordered the soldiers to line up before dawn.
下士命令士兵们在黎明前集合。
用法提示:此处 corporal 为名词,指军队中的下士军衔,在句中作主语。
She was promoted to corporal after two years of outstanding service.
她因表现出色,两年后晋升为下士。
用法提示:corporal 作名词,指军队中的下士军衔,在句中作介词 to 的宾语。
The corporals gathered in the yard to receive their new assignments.
下士们聚集在院子里接受新的任务。
用法提示:corporals 是 corporal 的复数形式,作主语,表示多名下士。
表达晋升到下士军衔时,用介词 to 连接军衔名词。
After two years of service, she was promoted to corporal.
服役两年后,她晋升为下士。
表示在某部队担任下士时,用 in 引出所属单位。
He served as a corporal in the Royal Engineers.
他在皇家工兵部队担任下士。
用于说明军衔等级关系。
The rank of corporal is below that of sergeant.
下士军衔低于中士军衔。
军衔与姓氏连用时可作称谓,前面不加冠词。
Corporal Lee reported for duty at dawn.
李下士在黎明时报到。
“communion cloth”比“corporal”更通俗、更常用;“corporal”是礼仪专用术语,特指圣餐时圣杯和圣体下面那块方形的白色亚麻布,而“communion cloth”有时也泛指圣餐时使用的其他布。
grammar · medium
易错句子He was promoted to the rank of corporeal.
正确表达He was promoted to the rank of corporal.
corporeal是形容词,意为“物质的、肉体的”;corporal作名词指“下士”。此处表达军衔,应使用corporal。
grammar · medium
易错句子She works for a large corporal law firm.
正确表达She works for a large corporate law firm.
corporal表示“下士”,或仅在corporal punishment等固定搭配中作形容词;表示“公司的、法人的”应用corporate。
grammar · medium
易错句子The accident caused him corporal injuries.
正确表达The accident caused him bodily injuries.
corporal作形容词时通常只用于corporal punishment等固定表达,不用于描述伤病;表示身体伤害应使用bodily或physical。
corporeal 是形容词,意为“身体的/肉体的”,常用于哲学或正式语境;与名词“下士”corporal 拼写相近、发音相似,但词性不同,含义无关。
陆军下士
He was an army corporal during the war.
战争期间他是陆军下士。
晋升为下士
After two years, she was promoted to corporal.
两年后,她晋升为下士。
下士军衔
He held the rank of corporal.
他拥有下士军衔。
警队下士
The police corporal directed traffic.
警队下士指挥交通。
史密斯下士
Corporal Smith reported for duty.
史密斯下士报到。
corp(身体)+ -al(后缀):军衔义源自意大利语 caporale(头领),与“身体”无关;圣餐布义与 corpus(身体)相关
corpor(身体/团体)+ -ate(形容词后缀)
corpor(身体/团体)+ -ation(名词后缀)
in-(进入)+ corpor(身体/团体)+ -ate(动词后缀)
corp(身体,源自法语)
军衔体系中的上级军衔,与下士同属士官序列。
军衔体系中低于下士的士兵衔级,常被下士指挥。
陆军中由下士可能担任副排长或班长的小型作战单位。
士兵和士官住宿的军事设施,下士通常在其中生活训练。
军人之间的礼节动作,下级通常向上级敬礼。
寥寥数人;一小群
Only a corporal's guard of people attended the meeting.
只有寥寥数人参加了会议。
克莱格下士有一条木腿。(英国摇滚乐队 Pink Floyd 同名歌曲中的歌词,以荒诞笔法写士兵的伤残与战争的无意义。)
The corporal ordered the squad to fall in.
那位下士命令小队集合。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.