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

• 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。
• Railroads and bus lines are utilities.
  铁路和公交线路均为公共设施。
• 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。
• Not just roads and bridges, but high-speed railroads and expanded broadband access.
  不仅是道路和桥梁，还有高速铁路和拓展宽带服务。
• 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。
• 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。
• But so many railroads were built so quickly that fierce competition erupted among them and bankruptcies soon followed.
  但是，所建铁路如此之多之快，引发了激烈竞争，进而导致倒闭和破产。
• Railroads also attracted a good deal of private investment, both domestic and European.
  修筑铁路时还吸收了国内和欧洲的大量私人投资。
• 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。