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probationer

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Conditions of employment, Law
pro·ba·tion·er /prəˈbeɪʃə $ proʊˈbeɪʃənər/ noun [countable]  1. BECsomeone who has recently started a job, especially nursing or teaching, and who is being tested to see whether they are suitable for it 见习人员〔尤指见习护士或见习教师〕2. SCLsomeone who has broken the law, and has been put on probation 缓刑犯
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probationerIn March 1912 a test was held for probationers.Probation officers, it is argued, are concerned with establishing rules for probationers and not inflicting pain on them.Went right back to the rank of probationer.Lesley, out with a 30-year-old probationer policewoman, had answered a call to a burglary.He had also demonstrated this commitment by appointing a dually qualified teacher-librarian as a Scale One probationer in charge of the library.As a sample of offenders, the course participants have more in common with prisoners than probationers.To do so effectively requires a commitment from the teaching force - from headteacher to probationer.
pro·ba·tion·er nounChineseSyllable
Corpus nursing job, who recently someone a teaching, has especially or started


probationer
probationer /prəˈbeɪʃənə $ proʊˈbeɪʃənər/ noun [countable]
1. someone who has recently started a job, especially nursing or teaching, and who is being tested to see whether they are suitable for it
2. someone who has broken the law, and has been put on probation


pro·ba·tion·erBrE /prəˈbeɪʃnə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /proʊˈbeɪʃnər/ 🔊 nouna person who is new in a job and is being watched to see if they are suitable 见习生;试用员工a person who is seeing a probation officer because of having committed a crime 缓刑犯