railroaded
past simple and past participle ofrailroad
| 单词 | railroaded |
| 释义 | railroaded past simple and past participle ofrailroad railroad verb[Tusually+ adv/prep] uk/ˈreɪl.rəʊd/us/ˈreɪl.roʊd/toforcesomething tohappenorforcesomeone to do something,especiallyquicklyorunfairly: We were railroadedintosigningtheagreement. Causing somebody to act
Examplesofrailroadedrailroaded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We feel that the thing is being hurried andrailroadedthrough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I entirely agree with his notion of flexibility in order to make sure that nobody feels that he is beingrailroadedor overruled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They pass the burden back to local authorities which wererailroadedinto the construction programmes in the first place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that that proposal has beenrailroadedthrough is untrue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not accept that it should berailroadedthrough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would like to know why these issues have beenrailroadedthrough in such a fashion without proper democratic control and proper public debate. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I heard no complaints that people wererailroadedinto voting against their will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot be said that this is a rigid, ruthless measure which is beingrailroadedthrough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not berailroadedinto agreeing to a development programme of £25,000 million, involving more than 30 new televison channels. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why, then, is this provision beingrailroadedthrough now? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is said that we cannot rush into this, that we are beingrailroadedinto dangerous new territories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For too long we have beenrailroadedby a big brother attitude, and green field after green field has been covered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it right for an individual to berailroadedinto giving financial support to a political party without his express agreement? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not accept that we should berailroadedinto accepting a lower figure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It appears that, out of the blue, unexpected case law hasrailroadedthe clause to one side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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