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enlist

verb
🔊/ɪnˈlɪst/
🔊/ɪnˈlɪst/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they enlist
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he / she / it enlists
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past simple enlisted
🔊/ɪnˈlɪstɪd/
🔊/ɪnˈlɪstɪd/
past participle enlisted
🔊/ɪnˈlɪstɪd/
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-ing form enlisting
🔊/ɪnˈlɪstɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] to persuade somebody to help you or to join you in doing something争取，谋取（帮助、支持或参与）
    • enlist something/somebody (in something) They hoped to enlist the help of the public in solving the crime.他们希望寻求公众协助破案。🔊🔊
    • enlist somebody (as something) We were enlisted as helpers.我们应邀协助。🔊🔊
    • enlist somebody to do something We were enlisted to help.我们应邀协助。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive, transitive] to join the armed forces; to make somebody join the armed forces（使）入伍；征募；从军
    • They both enlisted in 1915.他俩都是 1915 年入伍的。🔊🔊
    • enlist as something to enlist as a soldier入伍当兵
    • enlist somebody (in/into/for/as something) He was enlisted into the US Navy.他应征加入了美国海军。🔊🔊
    compare call up, conscript, draftTopics War and conflictc2
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (formerly also as inlist): from en-, in- ‘in, on’ + list ‘enlist for military service’, perhaps suggested by Dutch inlijsten ‘put on a list’.