drafts

英 [drɑːfts]

美 [dræfts]

n.  草稿; 草案; 草图; 汇票; 运动员选拔制(某些职业运动队每年在大学生中选拔新队员)
v.  起草; 草拟; 选派; 抽调
draft的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 草稿;草案;草图
  Adraftis an early version of a letter, book, or speech.
  1. I rewrote his rough draft, which was published under my name...
     我把他的草稿重新改写，并以我的名字发表了。
  2. I faxed a first draft of this article to him.
     我将这篇文章的初稿传真给他了。
  3. ...a draft report from a major US university.
     美国一所重点大学的报告初稿
  4. ...a draft law.
     法律草案
• VERB 起草;草拟
  When youdrafta letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it.
  1. He drafted a standard letter to the editors...
     他起草了一份给编辑的标准信函。
  2. The legislation was drafted by House Democrats.
     法律由众议院民主党草拟。
• VERB 征召…入伍
  If youare drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.
  1. During the Second World War, he was drafted into the US Army...
     二战期间，他应征加入了美国陆军。
  2. He wasn't drafted for the war; he volunteered for the Navy.
     他不是因为这次战争才被征召入伍的，他是自愿加入海军的。
• VERB 选派;抽调;派遣
  If peopleare drafted intoa place, they are moved there to do a particular job.
  1. Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence...
     暴乱过后又有警力被抽调到了该镇。
  2. The manager will make a special plea to draft the player into his squad as a replacement.
     主教练将特别要求抽调这位运动员到他的队里做替补。
• N-SING （通常指短期的）征兵，征召
  The draftis the practice of ordering people to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.
  1. ...his effort to avoid the draft.
     他试图逃避兵役
• N-COUNT 汇票
  Adraftis a written order for payment of money by a bank, especially from one bank to another.
  1. The money was payable by a draft drawn by the home...
     这笔钱可凭国内承兑的汇票支付。
  2. Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket.
     10 天后卡门收到了一张用于购买机票的银行汇票。
• See also:draught

双语例句

• India surveys high-risk roads in four states, drafts safety plans.
  印度对四邦的高危公路进行了调查，同时草拟了道路交通安全计划。
• In our drafts we spoke of "mass culture".
  在我们的草稿中，我们使用的是“大众文化”。
• It's your list of Drafts, waiting patiently for you to perfect and publish them.
  你看到了你的草稿，草稿正在等待你将它完善并发表呢。
• This paper drafts a quick determination method of whole-fiber.
  本文拟定了全纤维素的快速测定法。
• What is the average amount of currency ( not checks drafts, and money orders) received daily?
  每天收到的货币资金（不包括支票，汇票和转帐）的平均金额是多少？
• Drafts are posts that have been saved rather than published.
  草稿是保存的而不是发表的文章。
• And there were so many drafts over the years& I think eight in all.
  过去的几年写了许多草稿&我认为总共有八个。
• This is where you come in: while we are compiling the dictionary, you will referee the drafts.
  你的任务如下：我们编写这本词典时，你来审草稿。
• Brimelow, as did we, judged existing Soviet drafts unacceptable.
  布赖姆洛和我们一样，认为苏联现在的这个草案是不能接受的。
• Drafts of the Bylaws have attracted some criticism.
  有些人对该章程草案提出了批评。