cannon fodder 详细解释

cannon fodder

n. 炮灰

词形变化

名词复数: cannon | 动词过去式: cannoned | 动词过去分词: cannoned | 动词现在分词: cannoning | 动词第三人称单数: cannons |

词义辨析

同义参见:

soldier  

英英释义

名词 cannon fodder:

soldiers who are regarded as expendable in the face of artillery fire

同义词:fresh fish

补充

cannon foddercannon foddern.1.炮灰,有用的材料,待磨的谷物

例句

1. The conscripts were treated as cannon fodder.新兵被当作了炮灰。 2. Union bosses used their members as cannon fodder in industrial wars that suited their own ambitions.工会头头们为实现自己野心, 在罢工斗争中把会员当作牺牲品。 3. The poorly trained forces are little more than cannon fodder.那些缺乏训练的部队不过是炮灰而已。 4. The tabloids have been using her love life as cannon fodder for years.多年来这些小报一直把她的爱情生活当作吸引读者的小料。