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

• But you should not be afraid of drafts with errors.
  但你不应该害怕与错误的草稿。
• It went through several drafts before being published.
  数易其稿，而后公诸（=公之于）社会。
• The civil society campaigners and the government have exchanged drafts of the law that they want enacted.
  民间团体活动人士和印度政府已经交换了他们各自起草的这项法律草案。
• When you send the messages, they are removed from the drafts mailbox.
  当您发送这些邮件时，它们将从“草稿”邮箱中移去。
• However, I will not read drafts submitted electronically.
  但是我不会接受用电子方式缴交的稿件。
• Unfinished updates can be kept in Drafts folder;
  未完成更新可以保持在草稿文件夹中；
• The authors wish to thank Russell Wright for his valuable review and comments on early drafts of this article.
  作者要感谢RussellWright对本文的早期草稿所提出的宝贵评论和意见。
• 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？
• 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。
• Today I made choice of my drawing drafts!
  今天我选定了草图！