press somebody/something into service

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpress somebody/something into servicepress somebody/something into serviceUSE somethingto persuade someone to help you, or to use something to help you do something because of an unexpected problem or need The army was pressed into service to fight the fires. → pressExamples from the Corpuspress somebody/something into service• Eric, at the time a budding saxophonist, press ganged Melanie into service as a singer in his band Adventure.• It presses new mutations into service as they arise and is just as ready to make do with what is already around.• The penguin presses the pants into service for a dastardly diamond heist.• Cut it down, dye it red and press it into service for that next dinner dance?

单词	press somebody/something into service
释义	press somebody/something into service From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpress somebody/something into servicepress somebody/something into serviceUSE somethingto persuade someone to help you, or to use something to help you do something because of an unexpected problem or need The army was pressed into service to fight the fires. → pressExamples from the Corpuspress somebody/something into service• Eric, at the time a budding saxophonist, press ganged Melanie into service as a singer in his band Adventure.• It presses new mutations into service as they arise and is just as ready to make do with what is already around.• The penguin presses the pants into service for a dastardly diamond heist.• Cut it down, dye it red and press it into service for that next dinner dance?
随便看	drift apart drift from something to something drift from to drift off drifter driftnet driftwood drill drill down drill for gas etc drill for oil etc drill for oil/water/gas etc drill for water etc drill in drill into drill somebody in something drill somebody to do something drill something into somebody drill to do drillen drilling platform drilos drily drincan drink