draft
draft 英 [drɑ:ft] 美 [dræft]
n. 汇票；草稿，草图 v. 起草，草拟；选派 adj. 草拟的；草图的
进行时:drafting 过去式:drafted 过去分词:drafted 第三人称单数:drafts 名词复数:drafts
- Draft means to draw, both in the sense of sketching an image onto paper, but also in terms of pulling––a draft horse draws a wagon, a draft of air is drawn into your lungs when you take a breath.
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- n. 汇票；草稿，草图
- v. 起草，草拟；选派
- adj. 草拟的；草图的
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1. I've made a rough draft of the letter.
我已经写好这封信的草稿。
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2. This is only the first draft of my speech.
这只是我演讲的初稿。
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3. The legislation is still in draft form.
这条法规还只是项草案。
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4. to draft a constitution, to draft a contract, to draft a bill
起草宪法╱合同╱法案
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5. I'll draft a letter for you.
我来为你草拟一封信。
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6. Extra police are being drafted in to control the crowds.
现正在另外抽调警察去控制人群。
- draft (n.) c. 1500, spelling variant of draught (q.v.) to reflect change in pronunciation. Among the senses that have gone with this form of the word in American English, the meaning "rough copy of a writing" (something "drawn") is attested from 14c.; that of "preliminary sketch from which a final copy is made" is from 1520s; that of "flow of a current of air" is from c. 1770. Of beer from the 1830s, in reference to the method of "drawing" it from the cask. Sense in bank draft is from 1745. The meaning "a drawing off a group for special duty" is from 1703, in U.S. especially of military service; the verb in this sense first recorded 1714. Related: Drafted; drafting.
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