| 释义 | non-veteran noun[ C ]
 (alsononveteran)uk /ˌnɒnˈvet.ər.ən/ us /ˌnɑːnˈve.t̬ɚ.ən/
 someone who has not been in the armed forces: 未服过兵役的人,未参过军的人
 The study compared suicide rates between veterans and non-veterans.
 As a non-veteran, the candidate had to work hard to persuade veterans and serving soldiers to vote for him.这位候选人从未服过兵役,他必须努力说服退伍军人和现役军人投票支持他。
 Nonveteran patients now outnumber veterans at the clinic.
 It is hard for non-veterans to fully appreciate the challenges that soldiers have when they return from a tour of duty.
 The campaign to raise funds for research into PTSD was also supported by many non-veteran groups.
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Soldiers & people who fight in wars
 anti-guerrilla
 Anzac
 berserker
 capability
 cavalryman
 citizen soldier
 comrade
 ex-serviceman
 ex-servicewoman
 foot soldier
 headhunter
 paramilitary
 raider
 recruit
 scout
 skirmisher
 soldier of fortune
 unsoldierly
 vassal
 war party
 
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