press into service

短语

暂时征用

发音

AU

词形变化

pressed into service presses into service 三单 presses into service pressing into service pressing into service 现在分词 pressed into service 过去式 pressed into service 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for.

    习语

    Anyone with basic first-aid training was pressed into service as a triage nurse after the earthquake.