railroads

英 [ˈreɪlrəʊdz] 美 [ˈreɪlroʊdz]

n.  铁路; 铁路公司
v.  迫使…仓促行事; 强迫…做; 强使…草率(或草草)通过; 轻率判处
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柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 铁路；铁道
    A railroad is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails.
    1. ...railroad tracks that led to nowhere...
      向远方延伸的铁轨
    2. The railroad finally reached Santa Barbara in 1877.
      铁路终于在1877年修到了圣巴巴拉。

    2. in BRIT, use 英国英语用 railway

  2. N-COUNT 铁路公司；铁路部门
    A railroad is a company or organization that operates railway routes.
    1. ...The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
      芝加哥和西北铁路公司

    3. in BRIT, use 英国英语用 railway

  3. VERB 强迫，迫使（某人仓促行事）
    If you railroad someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them.
    1. He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new 'independent' states...
      他几乎是迫使着其他欧洲国家承认了那些新兴的“独立”国家。
    2. He railroaded the reforms through.
      他强制性地推行了改革。
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双语例句

  1. Water transportation was outmoded by railroads and good pikes.
    水上运输已因铁路和良好的税道而变得过时了。
  2. Where do the two railroads connect [ link up]?
    两条铁路在何处连接？
  3. Railroads and bus lines are utilities.
    铁路和公交线路均为公共设施。
  4. Immigrants helped lay the railroads and build our cities, calloused hand by calloused hand.
    是移民们用一双双长满老茧的手，帮助铺设了铁路和建设了我们的城市。
  5. The coming of the railroads made canal shipping less important.
    铁路的出现使运河航运不那么重要了。
  6. Despite the new emphasis on existing rail technology, the railroads still had problems.
    尽管重新强调了利用现有的铁路技术，但铁路还会出现问题。
  7. Power suppliers and the operators of oil pipelines and railroads might want to start.
    电力供销商和石油管道，铁路运营商可能要开始征程了。
  8. The railroads have lost a lot of business to trucking companies.
    铁路已经给卡车公司夺去了许多生意。
  9. Rationality of iron melt materials handing assignation and railroads layout can be evaluated by the simulation system.
    建立的仿真系统实现安了对铁水物流分配和铁路布局的合理性的研究。
  10. You work for the railroads too?
    你也为铁路工作？
  11. Obviously, such topography makes the construction of railroads, highways, airports, and cities easier.
    显然，这样的地形有利于建筑铁路、公路、机场和城市。
  12. Some railroads once run by steam are now electrified.
    从前由蒸汽操纵的铁路现在电气化了。
  13. Funds were flowing into large-scale industrial development and into railroads.
    资金流入大规模的工业发展和铁路建筑。
  14. British banks loaned the money needed to build factories, mines, and railroads worldwide.
    英国银行借出的钱，需要建立全球的工厂，矿山，铁路。
  15. He has ridden europe's railroads for years.
    多年来他一直乘坐欧洲的几条铁路线旅行。
  16. Transport is done by railroads, trucks, ships, planes and pipes.
    运输渠道包括铁路，火车，船只，飞机和管道。
  17. By the same logic, the railroads created Chicago and the car did the same for Detroit and Los Angeles.
    根据同样的逻辑，铁路创建了芝加哥，汽车创建了底特律和洛杉矶。
  18. Not just roads and bridges, but high-speed railroads and expanded broadband access.
    不仅是道路和桥梁，还有高速铁路和拓展宽带服务。
  19. Before the building of transcontinental railroads, California too relied on such ships for much of its trade.
    在修建贯穿美洲大陆的铁路之前，加州的大量贸易也依靠这种快帆船进行。
  20. The worst aspect of the record was the exploitation of these immigrants by the railroads and industries.
    最坏的记录是铁路和工业对那些移民的剥削。
  21. James J.Hill, controlled the two northern transcontinental railroads, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, in1901.
    1901年，摩根和他的同伙詹姆斯·J·希尔控制了两条北部横贯大陆的铁路，即北太平洋铁路和大北铁路。
  22. The weather forced schools, airports, roads and railroads to close on Monday.
    蒙地影响，南京的外小学周一下课，机场、母道和铁道也自愿部合关关。
  23. As Morgan combined more and more industries and railroads after 1901 his power grew almost by geometric ratio.
    1901年以后，随着摩根兼并越来越多的工业和铁路，他的力量几乎按照几何比率增长。
  24. Does our spirit need or not a support when we construct countless skyscrapers and web-like highways and railroads?
    我们在建立起无数的高堂华厦和蛛网般的高速铁路、公路的时候，我们的灵魂是否还需要有一个依托？
  25. Railroads, bus lines, gas and electric companies are public utilities.
    铁路、公共汽车、煤气和电力公司都是公用事业。
  26. These people did not want the railroads to completely control the transport of goods.
    这些人不想让铁路完全控制商品的运输。
  27. The influence of harmonics produced by high-speed electric railroads on grid is introduced.
    针对高速电气化铁路的特点，简要介绍了其产生的谐波对电网的影响。
  28. But so many railroads were built so quickly that fierce competition erupted among them and bankruptcies soon followed.
    但是，所建铁路如此之多之快，引发了激烈竞争，进而导致倒闭和破产。
  29. The railroads are still a significant mode of transport.
    铁路现在还是一种重要的运输方式。
  30. Railroads also attracted a good deal of private investment, both domestic and European.
    修筑铁路时还吸收了国内和欧洲的大量私人投资。
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