railroads

英 [ˈreɪlrəʊdz]

美 [ˈreɪlroʊdz]

n.  铁路; 铁路公司
v.  迫使…仓促行事; 强迫…做; 强使…草率(或草草)通过; 轻率判处
railroad的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 铁路；铁道
  Arailroadis a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails.
  1. ...railroad tracks that led to nowhere...
     向远方延伸的铁轨
  2. The railroad finally reached Santa Barbara in 1877.
     铁路终于在1877年修到了圣巴巴拉。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 railway


• N-COUNT 铁路公司；铁路部门
  Arailroadis a company or organization that operates railway routes.
  1. ...The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad.
     芝加哥和西北铁路公司

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 railway


• VERB 强迫，迫使（某人仓促行事）
  If yourailroadsomeoneintodoing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them.
  1. He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new 'independent' states...
     他几乎是迫使着其他欧洲国家承认了那些新兴的“独立”国家。
  2. He railroaded the reforms through.
     他强制性地推行了改革。

双语例句

• Some railroads once run by steam are now electrified.
  从前由蒸汽操纵的铁路现在电气化了。
• The weather forced schools, airports, roads and railroads to close on Monday.
  蒙地影响，南京的外小学周一下课，机场、母道和铁道也自愿部合关关。
• Railroads and bus lines are utilities.
  铁路和公交线路均为公共设施。
• Before the building of transcontinental railroads, California too relied on such ships for much of its trade.
  在修建贯穿美洲大陆的铁路之前，加州的大量贸易也依靠这种快帆船进行。
• You work for the railroads too?
  你也为铁路工作？
• The influence of harmonics produced by high-speed electric railroads on grid is introduced.
  针对高速电气化铁路的特点，简要介绍了其产生的谐波对电网的影响。
• Funds were flowing into large-scale industrial development and into railroads.
  资金流入大规模的工业发展和铁路建筑。
• The railroads have lost a lot of business to trucking companies.
  铁路已经给卡车公司夺去了许多生意。
• Power suppliers and the operators of oil pipelines and railroads might want to start.
  电力供销商和石油管道，铁路运营商可能要开始征程了。
• Does our spirit need or not a support when we construct countless skyscrapers and web-like highways and railroads?
  我们在建立起无数的高堂华厦和蛛网般的高速铁路、公路的时候，我们的灵魂是否还需要有一个依托？