汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 请缨
请缨 (請纓)
to volunteer for military service / to offer oneself for an assignment
〈书〉〈动〉《汉书•终军传》:“南越(粤)与汉和亲,乃遣[终]军使南越说其王,欲令入朝,比内诸侯。军自请,愿受长缨,必羁南越王而致之阙下。”后用来指请求杀敌或请求给予任务(缨:带子)。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

巡逻队员哭笑不得,匆匆回营。布鲁克斯请缨领一队人去追寻犯事者。

The embarrassed patrol hurried back to camp where Brooks offered to take a party out in search of the culprits.

英军进攻法国南部时,有个勇敢的女孩圣女贞德主动请缨,对抗英军。

When the British army was attacking the south of France, a French brave girl Joan volunteered to fight against the British army.

我能做的只有请特伦特·洛特对她不要那么严厉,并主动请缨做希拉里在韦斯·切斯特县的办案员。

About all I could do was ask Trent Lott not to be too hard on her and offer to be Hillary's caseworker for Westchester County.

他曾主动请缨,为奥巴马创作竞选广告,但奥巴马的军师大卫·阿克塞尔罗德不太配合,这让乔布斯大为恼火。

He offered to create Obama's AD campaign but became annoyed because Obama's strategist David Axelrod wasn't sufficiently deferential (HuffPo).