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To demob someone is to send them home from the army, navy, or air force, especially when a war has ended. It is a short, informal British word, cut down from demobilize. Older British people still say He was demobbed in 1946. You can also use it as a noun: after demob, he went back to the factory. Americans almost never say this; they would say sent home from the army, or demobilized. It is friendly and a bit old-fashioned, not a word for a peace agreement. Though actually, it is about people going home, not about taking guns out of a piece of land — that is .
復員（英式口語。台灣日常更常說「退伍」，多半是役期到了，不一定是打仗結束）
組成A short form of demobilize, cut down in informal British speech. Used as a verb and as a noun.
同家族的字
- demobilizethe full word this is cut from
- demobilizationthe noun for sending soldiers home
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
demobverb/diˈmɒb/
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To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
- When Lil’s husband got demobbed, I said— / I didn't mince my words, I said to her myself, / Hurry up please its time / Now Albert’s coming back, make yourself a bit smart. […] think of poor Albert, / Hes been in the army four years, […]
demobnoun/diˈmɒb/
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Demobilization; release from military service.
- […] word was, some men were getting their demob quicker than others.
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A person released from military service.
- There are hundreds—thousands—of young demobs like yourself to be had to-day for the asking.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。