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草稿;草案;草圖
A draft is an early version of a letter, book, or speech.
例句
I rewrote his rough draft, which was published under my name...
我把他的草稿重新改寫，并以我的名字發表了。
I faxed a first draft of this article to him.
我將這篇文章的初稿傳真給他了。
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VERB
起草;草擬
When you draft a letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it.
例句
He drafted a standard letter to the editors...
他起草了一份給編輯的標準信函。
The legislation was drafted by House Democrats.
法律由眾議院民主黨草擬。
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VERB
征召…入伍
If you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.
例句
During the Second World War, he was drafted into the US Army...
二戰期間，他應征加入了美國陸軍。
He wasn't drafted for the war; he volunteered for the Navy.
他不是因為這次戰爭才被征召入伍的，他是自愿加入海軍的。
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VERB
選派;抽調;派遣
If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job.
例句
Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence...
暴亂過后又有警力被抽調到了該鎮。
The manager will make a special plea to draft the player into his squad as a replacement.
主教練將特別要求抽調這位運動員到他的隊里做替補。
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（通常指短期的）征兵，征召
The draft is the practice of ordering people to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.
例句
...his effort to avoid the draft.
他試圖逃避兵役
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匯票
A draft is a written order for payment of money by a bank, especially from one bank to another.
例句
The money was payable by a draft drawn by the home...
這筆錢可憑國內承兌的匯票支付。
Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket.
10 天后卡門收到了一張用于購買機票的銀行匯票。