railroading

柯林斯詞典

1. N-COUNT A railroad is a route between two places along which trains travel on steel rails. 鐵路[美國英語]
2. N-COUNT A railroad is a company or organization that operates railway routes. 鐵路公司[美國英語]
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad wouldn't go along with that arrangement and said it would shut down completely. 芝加哥西北鐵路公司不同意那項(xiàng)安排并說要徹底停止。
3. V-T If you railroad someone into doing something, you make them do it although they do not really want to, by hurrying them and putting pressure on them. (通過催促和施壓) 迫使某人做某事
He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognizing the new "independent" states. 他或多或少地強(qiáng)迫了歐洲其他國家承認(rèn)這些新“獨(dú)立”的國家。