commandeer

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To seize for military use. transitive
  2. To force into military service. transitive
  3. To take arbitrarily or by force. transitive
  4. To take or use for some purpose (not necessarily arbitrarily or by force). broadly,transitive
    — "We're stuck taking the bus to school tomorrow, aren't we?" "...Yeah. Moperville South doesn't give bus service out here, so Ellen's commandeering my car."

词形变化

commandeers present,singular,third-person commandeering participle,present commandeered participle,past commandeered past

词汇关系

衍生词
commandeerer
相关词
appropriate call up

词源

First attested in the late 19th century. From Dutch commanderen (“to command”), partially through its descendant, Afrikaans kommandeer (“to command”). Ultimately from French commander, from Old French comander, from Latin commendare. Doublet of command.
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