cannon fodder

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcannon fodderˈcannon ˌfodder noun [uncountable] ARMYordinary soldiers whose lives are not considered to be very important, and who are sent to fight where they are likely to get killedExamples from the Corpuscannon fodder• If all three aspects are not addressed the 240 additional cannon fodder will not remain in the system either.• Children will be cannon fodder to boost a school's image.• Between them the eight runners had won three races; they were racing's cannon fodder.

单词	cannon fodder
释义	cannon fodder From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcannon fodderˈcannon ˌfodder noun [uncountable] ARMYordinary soldiers whose lives are not considered to be very important, and who are sent to fight where they are likely to get killedExamples from the Corpuscannon fodder• If all three aspects are not addressed the 240 additional cannon fodder will not remain in the system either.• Children will be cannon fodder to boost a school's image.• Between them the eight runners had won three races; they were racing's cannon fodder.
随便看	be drawn/pulled/picked out of the/a hat be dripping with be dripping with blood etc be dripping with blood/sweat etc be dripping with gems etc be dripping with jewels etc be dripping with jewels/gems/pearls etc be dripping with pearls etc be dripping with something be dripping with sweat etc be driven from pillar to post be driven/pushed from pillar to post be dropping etc like flies be dropping like flies be drugged up to the eyeballs be dubbed be dubbed into be dubbed into something be dubbed something be duped into doing be duped into doing something be duty bound bound to do be duty bound/honour bound to do something be duty honour bound to do be dying etc like flies