1VERB [usually passive]强制;迫使;劝说 If you are press-ganged into doing something, you are made or persuaded to do it, even though you do not really want to. 强制;迫使;劝说 [mainly British]
I was press-ganged into working in that business. [beVERB-ed + into]
我是被迫从事这个行业的。
She was a volunteer, she hadn't had to be press-ganged. [beVERB-ed]
她是一个志愿者,不一定非是受人迫使的。
2VERB [usually passive]强征…入伍;抓…充军 If people are press-ganged, they are captured and forced to join the army or navy. 强征…入伍;抓…充军 [mainly British]
They left their villages to evade being press-ganged into the army. [beVERB-ed + into]
为了不被抓去当兵,他们逃离了自己的村庄。
The government denies that the women were press-ganged. [beVERB-ed]
政府否认强征妇女入伍。
press-ganging
...the press-ganging of young people into the country's armed forces.
强迫年轻人参军
3N-COUNT (旧时为海军抓壮丁的)征兵队 In former times, a press-gang was a group of men who used to capture boys and men and force them to join the navy. (旧时为海军抓壮丁的)征兵队