[often as modifier]a former type of military commission conferred especially for outstanding service, by which an officer was promoted to a higher rank without the corresponding pay 名誉晋级令(无相应提薪) a brevet lieutenant. 名誉晋升的陆军中尉。
(breveted 或 brevetted, breveting 或 brevetting)
[with obj.]confer a brevet rank on 名誉晋升,晋升…名誉军衔
语源
late Middle English (denoting an official letter, especially a papal indulgence): from Old French brievet 'little letter', diminutive of bref