| 词汇 | example_english_cannon-fodder |
| 释义 | Examples of cannon fodderThese 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. 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 Then parents are beginning to say that they refuse to bring children into the world to provide cannonfodder for wars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are seen, literally, as cannonfodder and forgotten when the need for them has passed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are an over-populated land, unable to feed ourselves, rich in fighting men—cannonfodder for the conqueror. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why is it any more wrong to keep your future cannonfodder efficient than to pile up battleships and artillery and aeroplanes? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Men at the front died before they could be used as cannonfodder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here we are faced with nations having millions of people with all their young men trained from childhood not only to be cannonfodder but fodder for their ideologies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are of course just cannonfodder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am familiar with the description "cannonfodder," but to be electoral fodder, which is apparently a modern substitute, is not a use to which voters should be consigned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does "war material" include cannonfodder? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were the cannonfodder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On rare occasions they were used as cannonfodder to slow down enemy advance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He also became disillusioned due to the constant horrors of war and robots being used as cannonfodder by the humans. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their forces became cannonfodder, causing a severe drop in morale and efficiency. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Kaiju are sometimes depicted as cannonfodder serving a greater evil. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The socialist movement had been historically antimilitarist and internationalist, and therefore opposed workers serving as cannonfodder for the bourgeois governments at war. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. While much of the impetus came from the middle classes, much of the cannonfodder came from the lower. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Children are often put in the front lines to be used as cannonfodder or used as mine detectors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It soon becomes clear that their white commanding officer is using the colonial troops as cannonfodder to identify artillery targets. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Some officers felt sold out, or used as cannonfodder, by the union leaders. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Ships with fully depleted supply stores are completely ineffective except as cannonfodder until they return to a supply base for resupply. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Many rule changes over the years have been made to reinforce the need for infantry (as cheap defenders and potential cannonfodder in attacking forces) while trying to prevent overbuildups. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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