the Peace Corps

noun
🔊/ðə ˈpiːs kɔː(r)/
🔊/ðə ˈpiːs kɔːr/
[singular]
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  1. a US organization that sends young Americans to work in other countries without pay in order to create international friendship和平队,和平工作团(美国组织,派遣年轻人去其他国家做志愿工作以建立国际友谊)
    CulturePresident John F Kennedy began the Peace Corps in 1961 with the aim of helping other countries in the fields of health, education, farming, etc.