conscription
noun[U]
uk/kənˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/kənˈskrɪp.ʃən/(USusuallythe draft)theactorprocessofforcingpeoplebylawtojointhearmedservices:
征兵;兵役Ever since thewarbeganhe's beenworriedthat thegovernmentwillintroduceconscription.自从战争开始以来,他就一直担心政府会实行征兵制。
TheUnitedStatesabolishedconscription in 1973.美国于1973年废除了征兵制。
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- Iwonderedifcompulsoryconscription might be afactorin makingyoungpeoplemoreresponsible.
- Mygrandfatheremigratedfrom Germany in the 1850s toavoidconscription.
- They firstfacedmilitaryconscription during the Civil War.
Joining or leaving the army
- anti-draft
- buy
- buysomeoneout
- call
- callsomeoneup
- commission
- demob
- demobilization
- demobilize
- desert
- deserter
- desertion
- dishonourable discharge
- draft dodger
- enlist
- enlisted
- join
- join up
- re-enlistment
- re-up