English Dictionary

press into service

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for.

日本語の意味

準備ができていなかったり、望んでいなかったりする人に、任務や仕事を強制的に行わせること / 本来意図された用途とは異なる目的で、物やシステムを利用すること

When the bakery was short-staffed, the manager had to press into service her neighbor, who had never worked behind the counter before.

パン屋が人手不足だったため、店長は近所の人を応援要員として駆り出したが、その人はカウンター業務をしたことがなかった。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To make someone perform a task or duty, especially one they are not prepared or willing to do; to make something serve a function, especially one it was not designed or intended for.

Anyone with basic first-aid training was pressed into service as a triage nurse after the earthquake.

presses into service （ present singular third-person ）

pressing into service （ participle present ）

pressed into service （ participle past ）

pressed into service （ past ）