| 单词 | press-gang |
| 释义 | press-gang Word forms: press-gangs , press-ganging , press-ganged 1. verb [usually passive] If you are press-ganged into doing something, you are made or persuaded to do it, even though you do not really want to. [mainly British] I was press-ganged into working in that business. [be VERB-ed + into] She was a volunteer, she hadn't had to be press-ganged. [be VERB-ed] 2. verb [usually passive] If people are press-ganged, they are captured and forced to join the army or navy. [mainly British] They left their villages to evade being press-ganged into the army. [be VERB-ed + into] The government denies that the women were press-ganged. [be VERB-ed] press-ganging singular noun ...the press-ganging of young people into the country's armed forces. 3. countable noun In former times, a press-gang was a group of men who used to capture boys and men and force them to join the navy. The navy resorted to the press-gang. |
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