English Dictionary

command performance

名詞

古語 広義 慣用表現

(archaic) A dramatic, musical, or similar entertainment performed before a monarch or other head of state, especially in a circumstance where that ruler has requested or ordered the performance.

日本語の意味

君主や国家元首など高位の支配者からの命令や要請により行われる、劇場、音楽、その他の娯楽公演

The troupe hurried to rehearse a command performance requested by the queen before her state banquet.

その劇団は、女王の晩餐会の前に女王の命で上演される公演のために急いで稽古した。

意味（1）

(archaic) A dramatic, musical, or similar entertainment performed before a monarch or other head of state, especially in a circumstance where that ruler has requested or ordered the performance.

I've been giving a ‘command’ performance for the president, explained the actor modestly.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) A task, activity, or other assignment which one undertakes in order to satisfy someone in authority, such as an employer.

Some big client of Arthur's is coming to town, and Sally is supposed to entertain the man's wife. She says it's a command performance.

command performances （ plural ）