| 单词 | cannon fodder |
| 释义 | cannon fodder also cannon-fodder uncountable noun If someone in authority regards people they are in charge of as cannon fodder, they do not care if these people are harmed or lost in the course of their work. The conscripts were treated as cannon fodder. Many cynical managers see employees as cannon fodder. cannon fodder in British Englishnoun men regarded as expendable because they are part of a huge army cannon fodder in American English soldiers, sailors, etc. thought of as being expended (i.e., killed or maimed) or expendable in war cannon foddersoldiers who are considered unimportant by their officers and are sent to fight in the most dangerous areas, where they are likely to be killed The fifty-five to sixty-five year-olds would be sent to the front as cannon-fodder.They were to attack ahead of the regular troops and absorb the enemy's fire. Examples of 'cannon fodder' in a sentence |
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