Recruit



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• n. 新兵, 新成员; v. 征募
• ［英］ n. 新兵, 新成员 ( a newcomer; a newly enlisted or drafted soldier) ; v. 征募 ( to seek to enroll)
• ［记］ re ( 重新) +cruit ( =cres成长) -> 重新成长 -> 新兵

Webster Collegiate

I. *Date: 1643

• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a.
      • (1) to fill up the number of (as an army) with new members ; reinforce
      • (2) to enlist as a member of an armed service
    • b. to increase or maintain the number of <America recruited her population from Europe>
    • c. to secure the services of ; engage, hire
    • d. to seek to enroll <recruit prospective students>
  • 2. replenish
  • 3. to restore or increase the health, vigor, or intensity of
• intransitive verb
  • to enlist new members
• ? recruiter noun

II. noun

• Etymology: French recrute, recrue fresh growth, new levy of soldiers, from Middle French, from recroistre to grow up again, from Latin recrescere, from re- + crescere to grow — more at crescent
• Date: circa 1645
• 1. a fresh or additional supply
• 2. a newcomer to a field or activity; specifically a newly enlisted or drafted member of the armed forces
• 3. a former enlisted man of the lowest rank in the army

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