英语词汇“to press into service”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

4. transitive. figurative and in extended use (from sense 1). To force into service of any kind; to put (a person or thing) to a specified use, especially as a temporary or makeshift measure. Cf. impress v.² c. Now frequently in to press into service.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to or into an action or state

needeOE

driveOE

strainc1374

halec1400

plunge?c1400

thrust14..

pulla1425

put1425

compel1541

violent?1551

forcec1592

necessitate1629

oblige1632

dragoon1689

press1733

coercea1853

thirl1871

steamroller1959

arm-twist1964

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > press into service

impress1657

enlist1699

to draw upon ——1800

requisition1871

to press into service1926

1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. ii, in Wks. I. 43 Would we were eene prest, to make porters of; and serue out the remnant of our daies, in Thames-street.

1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. ii. i. 416 They presse and muster vp wenches as we doe souldiers.

1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 90 Reason..but serves when prest;..But honest Instinct comes a Volunteer.

1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 482/1 The anecdote was pressed into the account of the family importance.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. iv. 85 In Thierry's well-known History..he is pressed into the service of that writer's peculiar theories.

1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxvii. 322 The ‘shirt’ aforementioned..is pressed to do duty as a towel.

1926 Discovery June 191/2 Bait, such as a meal-worm, may be pressed into service to entice a bird on to some particular twig.

1978 K. J. Dover Greek Homosexuality ii. 97 If no living being with a suitable orifice is available..even the neck of a jar may be pressed into service.

1996 B. Duncan in P. Trynka Rock Hardware 79/2 Failing this, WEM's Dominator tube guitar amplifier..would be pressed into use.

单词	to press into service
释义	> as lemmas to press into service 4. transitive. figurative and in extended use (from sense 1). To force into service of any kind; to put (a person or thing) to a specified use, especially as a temporary or makeshift measure. Cf. impress v.² c. Now frequently in to press into service. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > compel [verb (transitive)] > to or into an action or state needeOE driveOE strainc1374 halec1400 plunge?c1400 thrust14.. pulla1425 put1425 compel1541 violent?1551 forcec1592 necessitate1629 oblige1632 dragoon1689 press1733 coercea1853 thirl1871 steamroller1959 arm-twist1964 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or make use of [verb (transitive)] > press into service impress1657 enlist1699 to draw upon ——1800 requisition1871 to press into service1926 1616 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor (rev. ed.) iii. ii, in Wks. I. 43 Would we were eene prest, to make porters of; and serue out the remnant of our daies, in Thames-street. 1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) iii. ii. ii. i. 416 They presse and muster vp wenches as we doe souldiers. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 90 Reason..but serves when prest;..But honest Instinct comes a Volunteer. 1824 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 482/1 The anecdote was pressed into the account of the family importance. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Ess. 1st Ser. iv. 85 In Thierry's well-known History..he is pressed into the service of that writer's peculiar theories. 1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xxvii. 322 The ‘shirt’ aforementioned..is pressed to do duty as a towel. 1926 Discovery June 191/2 Bait, such as a meal-worm, may be pressed into service to entice a bird on to some particular twig. 1978 K. J. Dover Greek Homosexuality ii. 97 If no living being with a suitable orifice is available..even the neck of a jar may be pressed into service. 1996 B. Duncan in P. Trynka Rock Hardware 79/2 Failing this, WEM's Dominator tube guitar amplifier..would be pressed into use. extracted from pressv.² < as lemmas
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