press-gang

名词&及物动词强征入伍

1. 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.

    e.g. I was press-ganged into working in that business...
           我是被迫从事这个行业的。
    e.g. She was a volunteer, she hadn't had to be press-ganged.
           她是一个志愿者，不一定非是受人迫使的。

2. 强征…入伍；抓…充军
    If people are press-ganged, they are captured and forced to join the army or navy.

    e.g. They left their villages to evade being press-ganged into the army...
           为了不被抓去当兵，他们逃离了自己的村庄。
    e.g. The government denies that the women were press-ganged.
           政府否认强征妇女入伍。

3. （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.

    e.g. The navy resorted to the press-gang.
           海军不得不让征兵队强制征兵。