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单词 draft dodger
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Definition of draft dodger in English:

draft dodger

noun
North American derogatory
  • A person who has avoided compulsory military service.

    〈北美,贬〉逃避兵役者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You claim that Rush Limbaugh is a draft dodger who avoided Vietnam because he had a ‘pimple on his rear.’
    • On Earth violent criminals and draft dodgers weren't the only kinds of people that ended up here.
    • As a Quaker, the American was jailed during the Vietnam War for flying draft dodgers to Canada and Mexico.
    • Was the current commander-in-chief a draft dodger?
    • Canada benefitted greatly from the influx of draft dodgers during the Vietnam debacle.
    • A policeman and a draft board employee scour their district for draft dodgers, who utilize all possible means to avoid military service.
    • Yes, we had slackers, draft dodgers and antiwar advocates, but they got short shrift, little attention and almost no press.
    • There is only one group that likes the idea of conscription less than future draft dodgers: the military.
    • Officials have said he is a draft dodger.
    • He himself was a draft dodger who came to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War.
    • He is a draft dodger who was often AWOL.
    • There's worse things you can be than a draft dodger.
    • The discontent spread to the army from which deserters joined draft dodgers in gangs that attacked government supply trains and raided plantations.
    • They are following in the footsteps of tens of thousands of military deserters and draft dodgers who went to Canada during the Vietnam War.
    • Well I mean, first of all during the Vietnam War, Canada accepted draft dodgers but also deserters.
    • Ali was also considered by many to be a draft dodger.
    • Last but not least, there is the experience of the Vietnam War, when tens of thousands of US draft dodgers and deserters found asylum in Canada.
    • Here he is with Hanoi Jane, in the front lines with the flag burners and draft dodgers.
    • For the first time in his country's history a draft dodger could get a girlfriend, he explained.
    • I found it very interesting that in essence he admitted to being a draft dodger…

Derivatives

  • draft dodging

  • noun
    North American derogatory
    • Is there a reason that associates the National Guard with draft dodging?
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They are happy to trade barbs about draft dodging and flip-flopping.
      • There were thousands of stories about his draft dodging.
      • And if that is the case, then draft dodging could in some circumstances be the right thing to do.
      • The peasantry carried the main burden of the draft, and many resisted through desertion, draft dodging, and even uprisings.

Definition of draft dodger in US English:

draft dodger

nounˈdraf(t) ˈˌdäjərˈdræf(t) ˈˌdɑdʒər
North American derogatory
  • A person who has avoided compulsory military service.

    〈北美,贬〉逃避兵役者

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On Earth violent criminals and draft dodgers weren't the only kinds of people that ended up here.
    • Well I mean, first of all during the Vietnam War, Canada accepted draft dodgers but also deserters.
    • I found it very interesting that in essence he admitted to being a draft dodger…
    • Was the current commander-in-chief a draft dodger?
    • Canada benefitted greatly from the influx of draft dodgers during the Vietnam debacle.
    • There's worse things you can be than a draft dodger.
    • For the first time in his country's history a draft dodger could get a girlfriend, he explained.
    • You claim that Rush Limbaugh is a draft dodger who avoided Vietnam because he had a ‘pimple on his rear.’
    • Yes, we had slackers, draft dodgers and antiwar advocates, but they got short shrift, little attention and almost no press.
    • The discontent spread to the army from which deserters joined draft dodgers in gangs that attacked government supply trains and raided plantations.
    • He himself was a draft dodger who came to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War.
    • Ali was also considered by many to be a draft dodger.
    • There is only one group that likes the idea of conscription less than future draft dodgers: the military.
    • Last but not least, there is the experience of the Vietnam War, when tens of thousands of US draft dodgers and deserters found asylum in Canada.
    • As a Quaker, the American was jailed during the Vietnam War for flying draft dodgers to Canada and Mexico.
    • A policeman and a draft board employee scour their district for draft dodgers, who utilize all possible means to avoid military service.
    • He is a draft dodger who was often AWOL.
    • Officials have said he is a draft dodger.
    • They are following in the footsteps of tens of thousands of military deserters and draft dodgers who went to Canada during the Vietnam War.
    • Here he is with Hanoi Jane, in the front lines with the flag burners and draft dodgers.
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