conscript
conscript 英 [kənˈskrɪpt] 美 [ˈkɑnˌskrɪpt]
n. 应征士兵 vt. 征召 adj. 被征召的
进行时:conscripting 过去式:conscripted 过去分词:conscripted 第三人称单数:conscripts 名词复数:conscripts
- If you’re ever drafted into the Turkish army, then you could be called a conscript, someone who is forced to join the military.
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- n. 应征士兵
- vt. 征召
- adj. 被征召的
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1. The Argentine conscript border guards were as charmless a bunch of fellows as you'd expect to find dispatched to a deserted road on top of a freezing cold mountain.
阿根廷征召来的边界警卫实在无趣，你想象得到这样一群倒霉的家伙，被派往彻骨寒冷的山顶，在沙漠公路上当差，还要他们怎么样呢？
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2. How can private companies compete fairly when their military rivals enjoy access to cheap land, credit and conscript labour—and have guns?
军方享有廉价的土地、信贷和士兵做劳工，而且手中有枪，私营公司怎么和他们公平竞争？
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3. That said, of course the death of children and conscript soldiers should be avoided if it can be avoided.
当然，如果能在战争中避免儿童和士兵们的死亡是最好不过。
- conscript (adj.) mid-15c., "registered, enrolled," from Latin conscriptus "enrolled, chosen, elect," past participle of conscribere "to draw up, list," literally "to write together" from assimilated form of com "with, together" (see con-) + scribere "to write" (from PIE root *skribh- "to cut").
- conscript (n.) "one who is compulsorily enrolled for military or naval service," 1800, perhaps a back-formation (influenced by French adjective conscrit) from conscription, or else a noun use of the adjective.
- conscript (v.) "to enroll compulsorily for military or naval service," 1813, American English, from conscript (n.). A word from the militia drafts in the War of 1812. Popularized (or unpopularized) during U.S. Civil War, when both sides resorted to it in 1862. Related: Conscripted; conscripting.
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