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railroad

/ˈrelˌrod/KK

/ˈɹeɪlˌɹoʊd/IPA

rel·rod

練發音
名詞
高中
難度 2 個音節、8 個字母
交通
also used as a verb
美式拼法
變化形
複數

railroads

1.
鐵路;鐵路系統;鐵路公司
常用

主要用於美式英語,指供火車行駛的鐵軌與相關設施、鐵路運輸系統,或經營鐵路運輸的公司。

用法:作可數名詞時,可指一家公司或一條鐵路;作不可數或集合概念時,則泛指鐵路運輸系統。

a railroad company
railroad tracks
a railroad station
cross a railroad track
work for the railroad

The school bus stopped before crossing the railroad.

校車在穿越鐵路前停了下來。

My grandfather worked for the railroad for more than thirty years.

我祖父在鐵路公司工作了三十多年。

2.
強迫;逼迫;不公平地草率通過
較少用
非正式

指利用權力或壓力迫使某人做不想做的事,或未經充分討論就倉促、不公平地讓計畫或程序通過。

用法:常見句型為「railroad+人+into+動名詞」,表示「逼某人做某事」;「railroad+事物+through」表示「強行或倉促使某事通過」。

railroad someone into doing something
railroad a proposal through
railroad a bill through
be railroaded into doing something
railroad someone through the system

The club president tried to railroad the new rule through without asking the members.

社長試圖沒有徵詢社員意見,就強行讓新規定通過。

She felt railroaded into joining the race even though she was not ready.

即使她還沒準備好,她仍覺得自己被硬逼著參加比賽。

常見錯誤

The teacher railroaded us to join the contest.

The teacher railroaded us into joining the contest.

They railroaded through the proposal.

They railroaded the proposal through.

I go to school by railroad.

I go to school by train.

相關字詞
coerce 近義
railway 近義
railway 拼法變體
train 常見搭配
railroad through 片語形式
學習提示

・名詞義的「railroad」是美式英語;若閱讀英國教材或新聞,較常看到「railway」。

・動詞義帶有「仗勢強迫」或「程序不公」的負面語氣,不適合用於中性地表示「快速處理」。

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