English Dictionary

public service

名詞

アメリカ英語 イギリス英語

(US) A service performed for the public good, especially by a nonprofit organization but sometimes also provided by a for-profit enterprise or a trade association.

日本語の意味

公共の利益のために行われるサービス。通常は非営利組織によって提供されるが、場合によっては営利企業や業界団体によっても実施される場合がある。

After years in the private sector, she decided to dedicate her career to public service.

民間部門で何年も働いた後、彼女は自分のキャリアを公益活動に捧げることに決めた。

意味（1）

(US) A service performed for the public good, especially by a nonprofit organization but sometimes also provided by a for-profit enterprise or a trade association.

This has been a public service announcement from the Advertising Council.

意味（2）

(US) The business of providing an important commodity (such as water, electricity, or gas) or a service (such as public transportation, communications, or community health centers) to the general public, often in the form of a publicly or privately owned public utility or a publicly funded nonprofit organization (e.g. community health center, public hospital). (Fire departments, police, courts, public schools, military, e.g., are considered part of the public sector, but not usually called public services.)

意味（3）

(US) Government employment, especially in the civil service.

In spite of more than three decades of public service, I knew I was an unknown quantity to many of my countrymen and to much of the world when I assumed office.

意味（4）

(UK) A service such as health care, transport, or waste removal usually provided by the government to the general public; often called a public sector organization in US English.

In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]

public services （ plural ）