Word · Frequency #16137
conscription
征兵；义务兵役
compulsory military service
- 1.
Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
由当权者要求的非自愿劳动,尤指兵役。
- 2.
An enrolling or registering.
登记或注册。
由当权者要求的非自愿劳动,尤指兵役。；登记或注册。；征兵；募兵；征用(制度)；[法] 征兵
In use
Many young people support the idea of voluntary service instead of conscription.
After the war began, the government announced conscription for all men aged 18 to 30.
He avoided conscription by moving to another country.
conscription into [army/armed forces]
into 后接具体的军种或部队，表示被征入什么地方。
He faced conscription into the army after graduation.
他毕业后面临被征召入伍。
conscription of [people]
of 后接被征召的群体，说明征兵的对象。
The conscription of all men aged 18 to 25 was announced on the radio.
广播宣布征召所有18至25岁的男性。
be subject to conscription
subject to 意为“须接受，可能受到”，强调法律或制度上的义务。
Connections
Collocations
- military conscription
- 义务兵役
- The country adopted military conscription during the war.该国在战争期间实行了义务兵役制。
- conscription system
- 征兵制度
- Many countries have debated whether to keep the conscription system.许多国家都在讨论是否保留征兵制度。
- conscription law
- 征兵法
- The conscription law requires all men over eighteen to register.征兵法规定所有年满十八岁的男性都必须登记。
- conscription exemption
- 免服兵役
- He received a conscription exemption because of his medical condition.他因身体状况而获得免服兵役的资格。
- introduce conscription
- 实行征兵制
- The government decided to introduce conscription in response to the threat.政府决定实行征兵制以应对威胁。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
con-聚 + script写 + -tion名词：被“写入”征兵名册，就是应征入伍。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：News reports、Government policy、Legal documents conscription 通常用于正式或书面语境，多出现在新闻、政府文件和法律条文中；日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -scription rhyme with the target: description, prescription, subscription, inscription, transcription all have the same stressed /ˈskrɪpʃən/. Beware lookalikes like consumption /kənˈsʌmpʃən/, which shares con- and -ption but does not rhyme with conscription.
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