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corporal

/kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl/US // ˈkɔr pər əl, -prəl //UK // (ˈkɔːpərəl, -prəl) //

下士,下级,体罚,下体

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of the human body; bodily; physical: corporal suffering.
    • : Zoology. of the body proper, as distinguished from the head and limbs.
    • : personal: corporal possession.
    • : Obsolete. corporeal; belonging to the material world.

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Examples

  • In his decision, Chuang wrote that there were “notable disparities” in the test passage rate for the exam that promotes members of the force to police officer first class and corporal.

  • He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951 and enlisted in the Korean War as an Army corporal before returning home to enroll in law school, graduating in 1956.

  • From September 2013 to October 2020, Stewart collected nearly $74,000 in medical and educational benefits from the VA by falsely claiming he had been honorably discharged at the rank of Marine corporal.

  • Student leaders are demanding constitutional reform and new elections, as well as protections for LGBTQ people and an end to corporal punishment in schools.

  • In an act of corporal punishment that we at the Daily Beast do not condone, Joseph grabbed Him by the ear and “pulled hard.”

  • By the end of his life, the memories of corporal punishment at the hands of his teachers were vivid.

  • Moreover, corporal punishment has the undesirable quality that the more you use it, the less effective it becomes.

  • In fact, 19 states, including Texas, still allow corporal punishment in schools.

  • The marksman, a lance corporal in the Coldstream Guards, was 930 yards from his target when he squeezed the trigger.

  • The corporal, rather chalky-looking under his tan, stepped forward and laid a hand on MacRae's shoulder.

  • The guerrillas had hung the body of the corporal from a tree and there it dangled over the road, a gruesome object.

  • After he was securely bound he was forced to stand while the two, with foul epithets, hung the body of the corporal over the road.

  • A corporal immediately exclaimed, "I'm too deep already; I am up to the middle."

  • The bronze seemed to deepen in the corporal's face, but it was turned steadily towards his officer.