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
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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

• James J.Hill, controlled the two northern transcontinental railroads, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, in1901.
  1901年，摩根和他的同伙詹姆斯·J·希尔控制了两条北部横贯大陆的铁路，即北太平洋铁路和大北铁路。
• 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 coming of the railroads made canal shipping less important.
  铁路的出现使运河航运不那么重要了。
• Transport is done by railroads, trucks, ships, planes and pipes.
  运输渠道包括铁路，火车，船只，飞机和管道。
• Immigrants helped lay the railroads and build our cities, calloused hand by calloused hand.
  是移民们用一双双长满老茧的手，帮助铺设了铁路和建设了我们的城市。
• Where do the two railroads connect [ link up]?
  两条铁路在何处连接？
• Rationality of iron melt materials handing assignation and railroads layout can be evaluated by the simulation system.
  建立的仿真系统实现安了对铁水物流分配和铁路布局的合理性的研究。
• By the same logic, the railroads created Chicago and the car did the same for Detroit and Los Angeles.
  根据同样的逻辑，铁路创建了芝加哥，汽车创建了底特律和洛杉矶。
• 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。
• British banks loaned the money needed to build factories, mines, and railroads worldwide.
  英国银行借出的钱，需要建立全球的工厂，矿山，铁路。