commandeer
/ˌkɒmənˈdɪə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌkɑːmənˈdɪr/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌkä-mən-ˈdir/ (ame, mw)
commandeer — 動詞
- commandeerpresent simple I / you / we / they
- commandeershe / she / it
- commandeeredpast simple
- commandeering-ing form
1. to forcefully take someone else's vehicle, building, or equipment so you can use
徵用；強佔
強行拿來自己或軍方使用
to forcefully take someone else's vehicle, building, or equipment so you can use it, especially in war or an emergency.
Soldiers commandeered Hao's truck to carry water to the border camp.
士兵徵用了 Hao 的卡車，把水運到邊境營地。
commandeer + vehicle for military use
By noon, the village hall had been commandeered as a field kitchen.
到了中午，村民活動中心已被徵用成野戰廚房。
passive: be commandeered as + temporary use
After the storm, nurses commandeered the school bus to move patients.
暴風雨過後，護理師們徵用了那輛校車來轉送病人。
The rebels commandeered a radio station and sent orders across the city.
叛軍強佔了一座廣播電台，向全城發送命令。
Élise's brother commandeered the only fan and pointed it at his bed.
Élise 的哥哥強佔了唯一那台電扇，還把它轉向自己的床。
- seize
focuses on taking by force, not necessarily on using the thing afterwards
- requisition
more formal and official, especially for military or government action
- hijack
used when a vehicle is taken violently from the people inside it
文法句型
commandeer + vehicle/building/equipment
be commandeered for/as + purpose
用法筆記
The object is usually a vehicle, building, or piece of equipment that belongs to someone else. In formal news writing it often refers to military or emergency use; in everyday speech it can also suggest taking something without asking because it is convenient.