| 词汇 | cannon-fodder |
| 释义 | cannon fodder noun[ U ] uk /ˈkæn.ən ˌfɒd.ər/ us /ˈkæn.ən ˌfɑː.dɚ/ If you describe soldiers as cannon fodder, you mean that they are not considered important by their officers and are sent into war without their leaders worrying if they die.炮灰 People of little importance a cog in a/the machineidiom be past your sell-by dateidiom Cinderella inferior lightweight mediocrity minnow nothing pawn pipsqueak plaything poor poor relationidiom pygmy spear carrier unknown waste waste of spaceidiom waster worm You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Soldiers & people who fight in wars Don't allow them to use you as cannon fodder. I would not have them shot.' Much has been made of a statement that I declared that men were fit for something better than slavery and cannon fodder. The common people—the cannon fodder, the men who would die, and the women who would weep: they should be given something more than the privilege of either cheering platform patriots or being summoned for interrupting public meetings. Wasn't he a bigger asset to America as an alive engineer, an expert in his work, than as mere cannon fodder, one of thousands to be shot into junk in a morning's "activity"—just one of them? Examples of cannon foddercannon fodder I come from the generation born within five years of the first world war; we were just old enough to be cannonfodder almost throughout the second world war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the cannonfodder for the next war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all very well to be cannonfodder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They treat nurses as cannonfodder and do not recognise their skills with proper wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is said that people, quite properly, do not desire their children to be used as cannonfodder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a battlefield on which building workers are the cannonfodder for the employers' profit system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad that this afternoon we have heard nothing of the gibe that this scheme is for the production of cannonfodder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, the consumer has become cannonfodder for the manufacturers and the distributors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the majority were effectively cannonfodder for a non-existent enemy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the country that cannot afford sufficient to maintain the physical efficiency of cannonfodder for the next war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not dismiss them as mere visitors to be "milked"or to be treated as"cannonfodder". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With the control of raw materials may go control of the human raw material—the cannonfodder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does their righteous hatred of war make women resist the production of "cannonfodder"? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will only get cannonfodder to be used at the outbreak of war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that nowadays it seemed to him that cannonfodder was the only form of unrationed commodity available in unlimited quantities at pre-war prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of cannon fodder 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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