Before World War II, women were not recruited as intelligence officers...是什么意思？

Before World War II, women were not recruited as intelligence officers...

在第二次世界大战之前，女性不能当情报人员。

before

prep. 在…之前，先于，优于，当着…的面，与其…；conj. 在…之前，在…以前，比…早些，与其…；adv. 先前，从前，在前，在前方；

例句
He pleaded guilty before a court martial to absenting himself without leave.
在军事法庭上他对自己擅离职守表示服罪。

world

n. 世界，地球，领域，尘世；

例句
Rosie's idyllic world came to an abrupt end when her parents' marriage broke up...
父母婚姻的破裂使得罗茜田园诗般美好的世界陡然画上了句号。

war

n. 战争，战争期间，斗争，论战；vi. 进行战斗，作战，同…处于交战状态；

例句
The war has aggravated an acute economic crisis...
战争加剧了原本已很严重的经济危机。

II

abbr. Image Intensification 微光，illegal immigrant 非法移民，interest included 内在利息；

例句
Act II contained one of the funniest scenes I have ever witnessed...
第二幕里有我看过的最搞笑的场面之一。

women

n. 女人(woman的复数)，堂客，红粉；

例句
One in eight women lives in an abusive relationship.
每八位女性中就有一位遭受伴侣的虐待。

were

be的过去时复数和第二人称单数形式，有时代替 was,用于条件从句、动词 wish 之后等；

例句
Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。

not

adv. 不，[用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等]不是，几乎不，未必，没有[用于否定后面的词或短语]；

例句
It became very clear that the incident was not just an aberration, it was not just a single incident.
事实已经很清楚，这件事不是偶发的，它并不是一起孤立的事件。

recruited

v. 招聘( recruit的过去式和过去分词 )，吸收某人为新成员，动员…（提供帮助），雇用；

例句
Before World War II, women were not recruited as intelligence officers...
在第二次世界大战之前，女性不能当情报人员。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

intelligence

n. 智力，聪颖，情报，情报机构；

例句
Webster is retiring as head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
韦伯斯特即将从中央情报局局长的位子上退职。

officers

n. 军官( officer的名词复数 )，（政府，会社等的）高级官员[职员]，警察的头衔；

例句
The officers and crew prepared to abandon ship in an orderly fashion.
全体船员秩序井然地准备弃船。