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单词 dragnet
释义
dragnet
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdræɡ.net/us
/ˈdræɡ.net/
aseriesofactionstaken by thepolicethat areintendedtocatchcriminals:
（警方的）撒网行动，抓捕方案
Thepolicehavewidenedtheirdragnet intheirsearchfor thekiller.警方已经把搜捕杀手的网张大了。
aheavynetthat ispulledalong thebottomof ariverorareaofwaterwhensearchingfor something
拖网，拉网
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The police generally
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(Definition ofdragnetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdragnet

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French police sprang into action, setting up dragnets in the nation's key ports.
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Although the state government had ordered private schools to be assimilated into the federal schooling structure, many managed to avoid thedragnet.
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The parents never hear about many of thesedragnetoperations.
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Can he say from his own experience that there was any case where this was used as adragnetfor that sort of purpose?
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I believe, therefore, that this does not add anything, except adragnetof which a possibly incompetent staff officer might choose to take advantage.
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The extended powers of the police encourage fishing expeditions by policemen who simplydragnetinnocent civilians into police stations for questioning.
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I will give two examples of the type of young men that we get in the militarydragnet.
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The show takes its name from the police termdragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
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She tells the police, who launch adragnet.
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The film continues with adragnetand chase through the sewers.
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The league was responsible for what happened to the union members who were swept up in thedragnetfollowing the blast.
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Eyewitnesses provided a description of the assailant, and the police spread adragnetin the sinister haunts of the citys underworld.
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Due to thisdragnet, the elderly and infirm civilians volunteered to surrender.
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He breaks out of the policedragnet, and hides at a farm which recently had a pestilence infection.
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The political policedragnetwas at taxpayer expense.
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