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community service

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Welfare
comˌmunity ˈservice noun [uncountable]  PEWwork that is not paid that someone does to help other people, sometimes as punishment for a crime 社区服务〔为他人免费做的社区工作,有时作为对犯法者的一种惩罚〕
Examples from the Corpus
community serviceEach was ordered to do 120 hours' community service and pay £850 costs.After appointments in community service, she had joined the Navy.Better yet, two-thirds wish that their high schools would make community service a requirement for graduation.The study did not seem to lend itself to a description of community service profiles.Milken already has completed the 3,000 hours of community service required under his probation terms, Reese said.He was banned from driving for 6 months and ordered to do 200 hours of community service.Like the House measure, the Senate bill requires public housing residents to contribute eight hours of community service a month.
comˌmunity ˈservice nounChineseSyllable
does not someone work Corpus that that paid is




community service
comˌmunity ˈservice noun [uncountable]
work that is not paid that someone does to help other people, sometimes as punishment for a crime


community serviceBrE /kəˌmjuːnəti ˈsɜːvɪs/ 🔊NAmE /kəˌmjuːnəti ˈsɜːrvɪs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] work helping people in the local community that sb does without being paid, either because they want to, or because they have been ordered to by a court as a punishment 社区服务(自愿或因受法庭惩罚的无偿劳动)