conscription
/kənˈskrɪpʃən/noun
mass noun
- compulsory enlistment for state service, typically into the armed forces(强制)征召, 征募(尤指征兵)。
词源
early 19th cent.: via French (conscription was introduced in France in 1798), from late Latin conscriptio(n-) 'levying of troops', from Latin conscribere 'write down together, enrol', from con- 'together' + scribere 'write'.