enlist
verb- [transitive]
to persuade somebody to help you or to join you in doing something 争取，谋取（帮助、支持或参与） - [intransitive, transitive]
to join the armed forces; to make somebody join the armed forces （使）入伍；征募；从军 They both enlisted in 1915. 他俩都是 1915 年入伍的。 - enlist as something
to enlist as a soldier 入伍当兵 - enlist somebody (in/into/for/as something)
He was enlisted into the US Navy. 他应征加入了美国海军。
Word Originmid 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’.