中文翻译与英英解释

n.
强迫服役；征用，强征。 the impressment of soldiers 强制征兵。

the act of coercing someone into government service
同义词：impress,

Impressment, colloquially, "the Press", refers to the act of taking men into a navy by force and with or without notice. It was used by the Royal Navy, beginning in 1664 and during the 18th and early 19th centuries, in wartime, as a means of crewing warships, although legal sanction for the practice goes back to the time of Edward I of England.