| 单词 | impressment |
| 释义 | impressment (once / 12960 pages) n WORD FAMILY impressment: impressments+/impress: impressed, impresses, impressible, impressing, impression, impressive, impressment/impressed: unimpressed/impressible: impressibly/impression: impressionable, impressionistic, impressions/impressionable: unimpressionable/impressionistic: impressionistically/impressive: impressively, impressiveness, unimpressive/unimpressive: unimpressively USAGE EXAMPLESThe European Commission’s impressment of the insurance industry to fund infrastructure sounds like predatory behavior. Wall Street Journal(Oct 02, 2016) The British lack of manpower led London to order the seizure of U.S. ships and the impressment of British-born sailors into the Royal Navy. Forbes(Jul 09, 2014) Renewing the practice of “impressment,” they seized sailors judged to be either defectors from British naval service or simply born British. Slate(May 25, 2012) n the act of coercing someone into government service Syn|Hyper impress seizure the taking possession of something by legal process |
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