词汇 | press-gang |
释义 | press-gangWord family adjectivepressednounpresserpressfulpressingpressionpress agentpress boxpress conferencepress cuttingpressfatpress gallerypressmanpressmarkpress officepress releasepressroompress-uppressworkadverbpressinglyverbpress-gangpress ˈpress-gang1 verb [transitiveT] 1 press-gang somebody into doing something informalFORCE somebody TO DO something to force someone to do something 强迫某人做某事 I don’t want to press-gang you into doing something you’re not happy with. 我不想强迫你去做自己不乐意做的事情。 2. to force men to work on a ship, by taking them from the streets – done in the past 〔旧时〕强制征募,抓〔壮丁去船上干活〕 press-gang2 noun [countableC] a group of people in the past who took young men away using force in order to make them come to work on a ship 〔过去为海军强抓壮丁的〕征兵队 |
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