| 单词 |
liaise |
| 释义 |
liaise, v. orig. Services' slang.|lɪˈeɪz|
Also (erron.) liase.
[Back-formation from liaison.]
intr. To make liaison with or between. Hence liˈaising vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1928C. F. S. Gamble Story N. Sea Air Station xiii. 221 [Lord Fisher said in 1916] ‘I want a soldier..to keep in touch with the Navy and so ‘liaise’ or exchange inventions which may be suitable.’ 1941Amer. N. & Q. Dec. 141/1 The kind of grammatical economy found in a recent (British) Home Guard instruction sheet—in the event of certain circumstances, it stated, two groups were ordered to ‘liase’ with two others. 1942New Statesman 1 Aug. 75/1 ‘To liaise’..was at first frowned on by the pundits: its usefulness..soon came to outweigh its objectionableness. 1942Tee Emm (Air Ministry) II. 128 He then hurriedly climbed into a Spit and shot off to ‘liaise’ with his old Squadron. 1946A. Lee German Air Force 25 Göring never acquired the happy knack of liasing satisfactorily with Germany's senior army generals. 1948L. MacNeice Holes in Sky 71 The liaising aircraft mounts. 1952World Rev. Sept. 20 The manufacturer, too, has advertizing people on his own staff who liaise with the advertizing agency. 1958L. Durrell Mountolive vi. 139 For convenience it can work to us and liaise with our Service Departments. 1959Guardian 15 Oct. 10/7 He would expect absolute obedience from his subordinates... It remains to be seen whether he could also ‘liaise’ successfully. 1962Times 28 Mar. 3/1 He will liaise between the dressing room and the press. 1965New Statesman 10 Dec. 919/3 Paris..was..in a state of great confusion... There seemed little liaising to be done. 1970Country Life 1 Oct. 846/3 It would seem advisable for the host to detach well briefed members of the shoot staff to liase with the field trial stewards. 1974Times 18 Feb. 20/8 It would seem that the Government statisticians do not: (a) Liaise with other departments, [etc.]. |
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