When he turned eighteen, he joined the French Foreign Legion, but he was drummed out for being gay.
18岁时他加入了法国外籍军团 但因为是同性恋而被开除。
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Yeah, I got into a huge habit of saying that at school but my mum drummed it out of me.
我在上学的时候总这么说,我妈妈给我纠正过来了。
BBC 听力 2022年9月合集
Researchers studying wild chimpanzees in the dense Ugandan rainforest have found that the animals use tree roots to drum out messages to one another.
在浓密的乌干达雨林中研究野生黑猩猩的研究人员发现,这种动物利用树根向彼此传递信息。
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He was drummed out of the army.
【drum】他被军队开除了。
BBC 听力 2022年9月合集
Researchers studying wild chimpanzees in the dense Ugandan rainforest have found that the animals use tree roots to drum out messages to one another and announce their presence.
Drumming out is the historical act of being dishonorably dismissed from military service to the sound of a drum. In modern figurative usage, in which the term is sometimes altered to "drub[bing/bed/etc.] out," it may refer to any act of expulsion or dismissal in disgrace.