enlist

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

en·list [enlist enlists enlisted enlisting] BrE [ɪnˈlɪst] NAmE [ɪnˈlɪst] verb
1. transitive to persuade sb to help you or to join you in doing sth
•~ sth/sb (in sth) They hoped to enlist the help of the public in solving the crime.
•~ sb (as sth) We were enlisted as helpers.
•~ sb to do sth We were enlisted to help.
2. intransitive, transitive to join or to make sb join the armed forces
Syn: call up, Syn: ↑conscript, Syn: ↑draft
•They both enlisted in 1915.
•~ as sth to enlist as a soldier
•~ sb (in/into/for/as sth) He was enlisted into the US Navy.
Derived Word: ↑enlistment
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (formerly also as inlist): from ↑en-, ↑in- ‘in, on’ + list ‘enlist for military service’, perhaps suggested by Dutch inlijsten ‘put on a list’.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  draft, muster in, engage
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  discharge, muster out