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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
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
下士
A non-commissioned officer rank in the army, below sergeant and above lance corporal and private.
After two years of service, she was promoted to corporal.
服役两年后，她晋升为下士。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
He was promoted to the rank of corporeal.
Use this
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。
Not this
She works for a large corporal law firm.
Use this
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。
Not this
The accident caused him corporal injuries.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
Use corporal naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 corporal 想成 corp(小队)+oral(口)：下士是口头指挥班里小队伍的人。
语域：neutral 常见场景：military contexts、official documents 作军衔讲时，通常用于军事语境，指北约编码 OR-4 的陆军下士；正式文件或介绍军衔时比较常见，日常提及某人军衔时也可使用。
这些词中没有与 /ˈkɒːpərəl/ 真正押韵的常用词。拼写相似的 corporeal /kɔːrˈpɔːriəl/、corporate /ˈkɔːpərət/、corporation /ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən/ 发音都不同；oral /ˈɔːrəl/ 只是拼写末段相同；corps /kɔːr/ 只与首音节相近，corpus /ˈkɔːrpəs/ 也只是开头相近。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.