draft
n
1 [C] rough preliminary written version of sth 草稿; 草案
This is only the draft of my speech, but what do you think of it? 这仅仅是我演讲的草稿, 你认为怎样?
[attrib 作定语]
a draft amendment, copy, version 修正草案、 草稿、 初稿.
2 (finance 财)
(a) [C] written order to a bank to pay money to sb 汇票
a draft on an American bank 向一家美国银行提款的汇票.
(b) [U] payment of money by means of such an order 汇票的支付.
3 [CGp] group of people chosen from a larger group for a special purpose 特遣队; 特别小组
We're sending a fresh draft of nurses to the worst hit area. 我们新派遣一组护理人员开赴受灾最重的地区.
4 the draft [sing]
(US) = call-up(call2).
5 [C] (US) = draught.
draft v
1 [Tn] make a preliminary version of (a document) 草拟, 起草（文件）
draft a contract, parliamentary bill, treaty, etc 起草一份合同、 议会法案、 条约等
I'm still drafting the first chapter. 我还在草拟第一章.
a badly drafted will 草拟不当的遗嘱.
2 [Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
choose (people) and send them somewhere for a special task 选派; 抽调
Extra police are being drafted in to control the crowds. 现正额外抽调警察去控制人群.
3 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (into sth) (US) conscript sb 徵募; 徵召
be drafted into the Army, Navy, etc 被徵召加入陆军、 海军等.
My dear friend, Mathilde. Let me tell you something. That necklace you borrowed from me wasn't a real diamond necklace. It wasn't valuable at all. The stones in the necklace were made of glass. It was worth five hundred francs at the most.