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impressment

/im-pres-muhnt/US // ɪmˈprɛs mənt //UK // (ɪmˈprɛsmənt) //

压迫,印象派,强迫性,压迫感

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of impressing people or property into public service or use.

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Examples

  • Every member and every servant of the Company was to be privileged against impressment and arrest.

  • The navy in time of war was recruited by impressment, a system which, though recognised by common law, entailed much hardship.

  • In this also Rhode Island bore her part, propping as best she might her tottering treasury and using impressment for raising men.

  • In the provisioning of the army the Confederate Government had recourse to impressment and the arbitrary fixing of prices.

  • Farmers who were compelled to accept the prices fixed by the impressment commissioners cried out that they were being ruined.