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

• Obviously, such topography makes the construction of railroads, highways, airports, and cities easier.
  显然，这样的地形有利于建筑铁路、公路、机场和城市。
• 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。
• These people did not want the railroads to completely control the transport of goods.
  这些人不想让铁路完全控制商品的运输。
• 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。
• He has ridden europe's railroads for years.
  多年来他一直乘坐欧洲的几条铁路线旅行。
• Railroads, bus lines, gas and electric companies are public utilities.
  铁路、公共汽车、煤气和电力公司都是公用事业。
• Despite the new emphasis on existing rail technology, the railroads still had problems.
  尽管重新强调了利用现有的铁路技术，但铁路还会出现问题。
• 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？
• 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。
• The worst aspect of the record was the exploitation of these immigrants by the railroads and industries.
  最坏的记录是铁路和工业对那些移民的剥削。