词汇 | railroaded |
释义 | railroaded past simple and past participle ofrailroad railroad verb[ Tusually+ adv/prep ] uk /ˈreɪl.rəʊd/ us /ˈreɪl.roʊd/ to force something to happen or force someone to do something, especially quickly or unfairly: (尤指以仓促或不公正的方式)强迫,迫使 We were railroaded into signing the agreement.我们被迫仓促签定协议。 Causing somebody to act arm-twisting bludgeon bounce bounce someone into something browbeat someone into something/doing something bull something through drive someone/something to something duress force someone's handidiom forced marriage forcible put the heat on someoneidiom put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom railroad rallying cry ram something down someone's throatidiom ram something into someone ransom slap squeeze Examples of railroadedrailroaded 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 and railroaded through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I entirely agree with his notion of flexibility in order to make sure that nobody feels that he is being railroaded or overruled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They pass the burden back to local authorities which were railroaded into the construction programmes in the first place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The idea that that proposal has been railroaded through is untrue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not accept that it should be railroaded through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would like to know why these issues have been railroaded through in such a fashion without proper democratic control and proper public debate. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I heard no complaints that people were railroaded into voting against their will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot be said that this is a rigid, ruthless measure which is being railroaded through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not be railroaded into 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why, then, is this provision being railroaded through now? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is said that we cannot rush into this, that we are being railroaded into dangerous new territories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For too long we have been railroaded by 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it right for an individual to be railroaded into 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 the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not accept that we should be railroaded into accepting a lower figure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It appears that, out of the blue, unexpected case law has railroaded the clause to one side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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