commandeers

英 [ˌkɒmənˈdɪəz] 美 [ˌkɑːmənˈdɪrz]

v.  (战争期间为军事目的而)强征,征用; 强占
commandeer的第三人称单数



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB (军队)征用,强征
    If the armed forces commandeer a vehicle or building owned by someone else, they officially take charge of it so that they can use it.
    1. The soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital and occupied the television station...
      士兵们征用首都的车辆,并且占领了电视台。
    2. They drove in convoy round the city in commandeered cars.
      他们开着征用的小车,在城里结队而行。
  2. VERB 强占;强取
    To commandeer something owned by someone else means to take charge of it so that you can use it.
    1. He decides to commandeer their room...
      他决定强行占用他们的房间。
    2. The hijacker commandeered the plane on a domestic flight.
      劫机者劫持了这架国内客机。

双语例句

  1. As the government commandeers trucks and moves supplies arriving from all over the country to distribution points, ordinary citizens are ensuring their delivery to individual refugees here.
    在政府征募卡车,从全国各地向灾区分发点运送救灾物资的同时,普通的老百姓也在确保他们的捐助能够到达这儿的灾民手中。
  2. He commandeers Marie ( Franka Potente) and her car to get him to Paris.
    他强占玛莉(法兰嘉波妲黛饰)的车子,逼使她载他到巴黎。
  3. As the arbiters of national policy, the army also commandeers scarce economic resources, from equipment and education to real estate and other commercial activities.
    作为国家政策的主导者,巴基斯坦军方还控制着稀缺的经济资源,从设备和教育,到房地产以及其它商业活动。
  4. In the late Tang Dynasty, Manpower which were used for water conservancy construction mainly depended on commandeers, including army. But already had the trace to the employment direction.
    唐中后期兴修水利所用的人力多靠征发,包括军队在内,但已经有向有价雇募过渡的痕迹。