Railroad
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n. 铁路，铁道;铁路系统，铁路公司;
v. 迫使…仓促行事;强使…草率通过 ;强迫…做;轻率判处;
💡 词根助记
rail铁轨+road路 → 铁路
📝 例句
The directors railroaded their chairman into a decision.
董事们迫使董事长仓促作出决定。
A new railroad is under construction.
一条新的铁路正在修建中。
These goods will be railroaded to that city.
这些货物将由铁路运送到那个城市。
A host of friends met him at the railroad station.
一大群朋友在火车站迎接他。
Genslinger is in a position to know the intention of the railroad.
金斯林格尔是有条件知道铁路公司的意图的。
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
railroad
n (US) railway 铁路. v (phr v) railroad sb into (doing) sth (infml 口) force sb to do sth 强迫某人做某事
I won't be railroaded into buying a car I don't want! 谁也不能强迫我购买我根本不想要的汽车! railroad sth through (sth) (infml 口) get sth passed, accepted, etc quickly by applying pressure 施加压力促使某事物迅速通过、 获准等
railroad a bill through Congress 强使法案在国会中迅速通过.
🔁 扩展释义
*['reilrәud]n. 铁路, 铁路公司vt. 铺设铁路, 用铁路运输vi. 在铁路工作【经】 铁道, 铁路
📖 同为「电话英语」词汇
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Today it is no longer the tallest building in the USA, or even in New York.
今天，它不再是美国最高的大厦了，甚至在纽约都排不上号了。
One day a letter from my father arrived at the school, asking for a teacher for me.
有一天，我父亲的信寄到学校，请求为我聘用一名教师。
She didn't visit her step-mother much, though I believe that they used to speak on the phone from time to time.
她不常看望她的继母，虽然，我相信她们过去时不进在电话里聊一聊。