veteran

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A veteran is someone who has served in the armed forces of their country, especially during a war. 退伍軍人
They approved a $1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War. 他們批準了爲蓡加過波斯灣戰爭的退伍軍人增付11億美元的一攬子計劃。
2. N-COUNT You use veteran to refer to someone who has been involved in a particular activity for a long time. 經騐豐富的人
...Annette Michelson, the veteran critic and professor of cinema studies at New York University. …安妮特·米切爾森，這位紐約大學電影研究的教授和資深影評人。

Thousands of veterans will take part in a commemoration of the battle .
Grizzled veterans in uniform gathered at the war monument .
The ceremony was attended by many of the surviving veterans of the Second World War.
He is a veteran of the stage .
She is a veteran of many election campaigns .