| 词汇 | commandeer |
| 释义 | commandeer verb[ T ] uk /ˌkɒm.ənˈdɪər/ us /ˌkɑː.mənˈdɪr/ to take possession of or control private property by force or for military use霸占;强征;征用 Compare hijackverb The armed forces generally absent without leave anti-military army AWOL CAO casualty assistance officer casualty notification officer dog tag echelon French Foreign Legion guard multi-service non-military outmarch paramilitary psych ops quarter the military-industrial complex the National Guard the SAS He commandeered the weapon in the name of the law. It has now commandeered all stocks of soap. It is reported that three large jam factories have been commandeered by the Military. The Government has commandeered all stocks of rum. When Thursday morning broke, lines of buyers formed before the stores whose supplies had not been commandeered. commandeer | American Dictionarycommandeer verb[ T ] us/ˌkɑm·ənˈdɪər/ to take possession or control of private property, esp. by force: Some visitors commandeered outdoor tables on the balcony. Examples of commandeercommandeer Those stakeholders commandeer some of the e-government system's inscribed features to their own purposes whilst leaving others to one side. The arrival of passengers in quarantine had not been commandeered by the authorities, it had just been delayed and the journey continued. They were faced by having to stem the death rate in the huts, and had to commandeer supplies. When it became occupied, he was able to continue his schooling, but no longer as a boarder, since his lodgings had been commandeered by the occupying troops. After a great deal of persuasion he was induced to score, then a pencil was commandeered and for a few minutes the unfortunate scorer kept his promise. Every time one of us escapes onto the upper decks he or she either tries to commandeer the whole vessel, spouting orders about the one true path. Local opinion and argument, however, were soon to be swept away when the central state moved in to commandeer labour for infrastructural works deemed of national importance. I am assured by various correspondents that commandeering in some places has taken place quite unnecessarily. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The soldiers had their arms taken away and their vehicles were commandeered and used to build barricades. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has commandeered the premises and furniture of thousands of hotels, boarding houses, holiday camps and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They commandeer the necessary vessels, and very rightly and properly so, in order to transport troops or to convey food to the soldiers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Horses were commandeered and bought in very large numbers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Take, for instance, the question of the ships that have been commandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You invite tenders for manufactured articles in this country, but you commandeer our produce at prices which you fix without consultation with the growers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They could commandeer hay and wheat, as well as ships and other things. 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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