enlist

🇬🇧 UK/in'list/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

v.

To join or recruit into the military or a cause; to obtain the help or support of someone.

参军,应募;征募;争取(支持或帮助)

n.

A person who has enlisted, especially in the military.

应募者,入伍者

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
ento put into, to cause
+
listother
=enlist

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Many young men enlisted in the army during wartime.

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