英和和英

名詞

active duty (uncountable)

1. (military) A state in which person in the military performs military duties on a full-time basis, as opposed to reserve, where one only occasionally performs military duties.

   Coordinate term: reserve

   Sandie, the naval officer, left work because she had been called to active duty.

使用する際の注意点

• Generally preceded by the prepositions on or to.

派生語

• active-duty

Further reading

• “active duty”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.