public service

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A service performed for the public good. countable,uncountable
    — They feel that public service is a noble calling that calls for every citizen in one way or another.
  2. A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal provided to the general public, often by the government. countable
    — In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]
  3. The organisation, department or business providing such a service. countable
  4. Government employment, especially in the civil service. uncountable
    — In spite of more than three decades of public service, I knew I was an unknown quantity to many of my countrymen and to much of the world when I assumed office.

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