railroad
n. 铁路, 铁路公司 vt. 铺设铁路, 用铁路运输 vi. 在铁路工作
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教材释义与例句
铁路；铁路公司
由铁道运输；铺设铁路；以捏造不实之罪使入狱
在铁路工作；乘火车旅行；筑铁路
释义与例句
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A permanent track consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.
美国Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land or water roads.
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The transportation system comprising such tracks and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.
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A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such tracks and usually associated assets
美国Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each other.
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A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
比喻The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.
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To transport via railroad.
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To operate a railroad.
不及物The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly.
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To work for a railroad.
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To travel by railroad.
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To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
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To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
及物The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections.
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To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
及物They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges.
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To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
及物He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview.
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To force players to follow the dungeon master's planned plot rather than improvise an alternative story.
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To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.
词汇关系
同义词 4
上位词 2
下位词 10
部分词 8
整体词 3
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词源
From rail + road.
来源：wiktionary