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enlisted

/en-list/US // ɛnˈlɪst //UK // (ɪnˈlɪst) //

入伍,入伍的,入伍军人,入役

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v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to enroll, usually voluntarily, for military service: He decided to enlist in the Marines.
    • : to enter into some cause, enterprise, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to engage for military service: to enlist men for the army.
    • : to secure for some cause, enterprise, etc.: They enlisted us to serve as ushers at the meeting.

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Examples

  • During the course of the study, the research team enlisted “several hundred health care workers” to participate, and collected data over several months, between April and September.

  • Breaking was far from the organization’s core when WDSF enlisted the help of Jean-Laurent Bourquin, an IOC veteran, in 2015, asking him for his help in wooing Olympic officials.

  • Contrary to what some may believe, it is a serious challenge to enlist.

  • Pointing to the Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh, who enlisted in the Army and served in the first Gulf War, Corn said it’s no secret that the military has been a “breeding ground” for extremism to some extent for decades.

  • In 1963, that brought him to the attention of Burdon, Price and bass guitar player Chas Chandler, who enlisted him, along with Steel, into what was then the Alan Price Combo.

  • She claims the FBI tried to enlist her as a cooperating source in their investigation.

  • Now, of course, we have no choice but enlist anyone we can in the fight against ISIS.

  • But with America in the midst of another battle abroad, the president seems anxious to enlist the help of other countries.

  • Another tip is to outsource willpower: Enlist family and friends to join you in your goal to give up smoking or get fit.

  • When it was his turn to speak, Ostronic warned that Kimberlin was trying to “enlist” the jury in a silencing of free speech.

  • Theophilus had known that I was going to enlist long before I had made up my own mind.

  • One of these persons tried to enlist Prior in Portland's faction, but with very little success.

  • He made an attempt to enlist Hardwicke and Newcastle, but they would not take office without their party.

  • They would neither enlist in sufficient numbers to keep up a regular army nor provide for such troops as they had.

  • But the force which was to enlist parliament on the national side was outside its walls.