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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Railroads and bus lines are utilities.
  铁路和公交线路均为公共设施。
• 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。