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railroad

/ˈɹeɪlɹəʊd/ /ˈɹeɪlɹoʊd/

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noun

铁路，铁道

A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized vehicles on.

Examples :

"Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads"

许多铁路大致沿着旧时陆路或水路的痕迹修建。

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noun

铁路，鐵路運輸。

The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel on the rails, usually with several vehicles connected together in a train.

Examples :

"The railroad transported many students to their school each morning. "

铁路每天早上运送许多学生去学校。

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noun

铁路，铁道。

A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads and usually associated assets

Examples :

"Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other"

铁路要充分参与竞争，前提是它们的路轨在技术上互相兼容并连接在一起。

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noun

草率行事，仓促。

A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.

Examples :

"The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed."

律师们为了拿到所需的签名，把整个流程弄成了草率行事。

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verb

用铁路运输，铁运

To transport via railroad.

Examples :

"The company railroads its employees to the distant factory every morning. "

这家公司每天早上用火车把员工们运到遥远的工厂.

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verb

经营铁路，管理铁路。

To operate a railroad.

Examples :

"The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly"

撒切尔主义的实验证明，私营部门经营铁路的效率可能和国家垄断一样低下。

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verb

在鐵路工作，於鐵路任職

To work for a railroad.

Examples :

"My grandfather railroaded for the Southern Pacific for over thirty years. "

我的祖父在南太平洋鐵路公司工作了三十多年。

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verb

乘火车，坐火车

To travel by railroad.

Examples :

"We will railroad to the countryside for our family picnic. "

我们打算乘火车去乡下野餐。

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verb

玩铁路模型，进行铁路相关的爱好活动。

To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

Examples :

"My brother railroads, collecting model train sets and meticulously arranging them on a large layout. "

我哥哥玩铁路模型，他收集火车模型，并在一个巨大的场景上细致地摆放它们。

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verb

仓促通过，草率通过。

To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.

Examples :

"The majority railroaded the bill through parliament, without the customary expert studies which would delay it till after the elections."

多数派仓促地将该法案在议会中通过，没有进行通常的专家研究，否则这些研究会拖延到选举之后。

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verb

陷害，栽赃

To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.

Examples :

"They could only convict him by railroading him on suspect drug-possession charges."

他们只能通过栽赃他可疑的藏毒罪名，才能把他定罪。

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verb

强迫，胁迫。

To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.

Examples :

"He was railroaded into signing a non-disclosure agreement at his exit interview."

他被迫在离职面谈时签署了保密协议。

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verb

强迫推进剧情，硬性推动情节。

To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.

Examples :

"The teacher railroading the students into finishing the project before recess meant they had no time to properly research. "

老师强迫学生们在课间休息前完成项目，这意味着他们没有时间好好研究了。

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verb

横向铺设，横向使用。

(upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

Examples :

"The seamstress is railroading the fabric on the new curtains, making the stripes run across instead of up and down. "

这位裁缝正在横向铺设新窗帘的面料，这样条纹就是横着而不是竖着排列了。