| 释义 |
recruited, ppl. a.|rɪˈkruːtɪd|
[f. recruit v. + -ed1.]
Strengthened, restored, enlisted, etc. Of an athlete: see sense 6 b of the vb.
1791Cowper Iliad xix. 278 That we may bear The lengthen'd conflict, with recruited might. 1855Lynch Rivulet xlviii. i, That we may ask Recruited vigour for the task Of living as we would. 1913Collier's 1 Mar. 20/2 None of them belongs to the class of ‘recruited’ athletes, so common in our colleges twenty years ago. 1974Anderson (S. Carolina) Independent 19 Apr. 5b/3 One of the most heavily recruited South Dakota schoolboys in history. 1979Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 28 Apr. 1b/2 He was one of the state's most highly recruited athletes this season, with every major college swimming power after him.
absol.1882Athenæum 14 Jan. 56/2 The tricks played by recruiters and recruited are exposed. |