| 单词 | dragoon |
| 释义 | dragoon noun[C] uk/drəˈɡuːn/us/drəˈɡuːn/in the past, asoldierwhorodeon ahorseandcarriedagun （旧时的）骑兵Causing somebody to act
Examplesofdragoondragoon Everyone is dragooned to perpetuate a division of labor based on one's access to the private means of production. From theCambridge English Corpus There was also a party of dragoons waiting nearby. From theCambridge English Corpus They were, along with the militia who were dragooned from their families and farms and were just as petulant, the least motivated and the first to abscond. From theCambridge English Corpus On their arrival the thirty dragoons were placed at the rear of the farm and were to appear on being given a signal if the civil powers were overwhelmed. From theCambridge English Corpus They turned out in their best year 2,000,000 tons, but now they have been dragooned and drilled and their labour has been taken away. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As we have seen in the very recent past, it allows one's country to be dragooned into an even more costly and dangerous arms race. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe that ordinary men and women think that we should be dragooned against our better judgment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet events showed that you cannotdragoonthe people of this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe in dragooning people to have their holidays at a particular time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should notdragoonemployees into trade union membership to enable them to obtain access to particular information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They seem to want todragoonpeople rather than to lead them along. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I see no point in dragooning youngsters at that stage in their careers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our people will never be dragooned into what you believe is the path they should follow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Has a country freedom where human beings are dragooned and told that they must work in particular places? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You have to choose whether it is better todragoonor to seek co-operation. 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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