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  • [kən 'skrɪpt][ 'kɑnskrɪpt]
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  • [kən 'skrɪpt][ 'kɔnskrɪpt]
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  • Derivatives : n  conscription
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conscript [kən 'skrɪpt] [kən 'skrɪpt] [ 'kɑnskrɪpt] [ 'kɔnskrɪpt] [ 'kɑnskrɪpt] [ 'kɔnskrɪpt]
  1. 1. vt. [American English] 征募征兵征召服役
  2. 2. vt. [American English] 强征(劳力资本等)为政府所用,征用
  3. 3. adjective 应征入伍
  4. 4. noun 应征入伍者

Collins English-English Dictionary

conscript
  1. 1. n a person who is enrolled for compulsory military service
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    a conscript army
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to enrol (youths, civilians, etc) for compulsory military service
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] C15: from Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere to write together in a list, enrol, from scribere to write

Examples

a conscript army conscript
征兵
conscript

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