英汉词典

1. 草稿;草案;草图
    A draft is an early version of a letter, book, or speech.

    e.g. I rewrote his rough draft, which was published under my name...
           我把他的草稿重新改写，并以我的名字发表了。
    e.g. I faxed a first draft of this article to him.
           我将这篇文章的初稿传真给他了。

2. 起草;草拟
    When you draft a letter, book, or speech, you write the first version of it.

    e.g. He drafted a standard letter to the editors...
           他起草了一份给编辑的标准信函。
    e.g. The legislation was drafted by House Democrats.
           法律由众议院民主党草拟。

3. 征召…入伍
    If you are drafted, you are ordered to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.

    e.g. During the Second World War, he was drafted into the US Army...
           二战期间，他应征加入了美国陆军。
    e.g. He wasn't drafted for the war; he volunteered for the Navy.
           他不是因为这次战争才被征召入伍的，他是自愿加入海军的。

4. 选派;抽调;派遣
    If people are drafted into a place, they are moved there to do a particular job.

    e.g. Extra police have been drafted into the town after the violence...
           暴乱过后又有警力被抽调到了该镇。
    e.g. The manager will make a special plea to draft the player into his squad as a replacement.
           主教练将特别要求抽调这位运动员到他的队里做替补。

5. （通常指短期的）征兵，征召
    The draft is the practice of ordering people to serve in the armed forces, usually for a limited period of time.

draft

    e.g. ...his effort to avoid the draft.
           他试图逃避兵役

6. 汇票
    A draft is a written order for payment of money by a bank, especially from one bank to another.

    e.g. The money was payable by a draft drawn by the home...
           这笔钱可凭国内承兑的汇票支付。
    e.g. Ten days later Carmen received a bank draft for a plane ticket.
           10 天后卡门收到了一张用于购买机票的银行汇票。

7. see also: draught