English Dictionary

in the field

prep_phrase

(military) Actively engaged in fighting or dealing with the enemy; in battle or on maneuvers. / Away from the office, classroom, or laboratory; working with people or things in their natural environment.

He works in the field.

意味（1）

(military) Actively engaged in fighting or dealing with the enemy; in battle or on maneuvers.

An English medical officer has described an apparatus for the generation of chlorine gas which was used for sterilization of water in the field.

意味（2）

Away from the office, classroom, or laboratory; working with people or things in their natural environment.

In 1915 the average county agent spent 152 days in the field and 140 days in the office.

意味（3）

In a real-world setting, as opposed to the controlled conditions of a laboratory or the hypothesized parameters of a theoretical approach.

Taking not of Becker's injunction that 'methodology is too important to be left to methodologists' (Becker, 1970b, p. 3) the focus will be upon the problems that confront the researcher in the field.

意味（4）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, field.

The hand is held as with a single rein, with the thumb pointing to the horse's ears; in turning, however, there is much less power of bear on either side of the bit by raising the thumb or lowering the little finger, because the distance between the snaffle-reins is only half what it was, and therefore the mode of turning by pressure upon the neck is doubly desirable; and hence its general adoption in those cases where doulbe-reined bridles are used, as in the field and on the road.