Poor men opposed the draft, because it permitted rich men to escape military service.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

In the American Civil War,there was a draft, but you could avoid it by hiring somebody to take your place, if you were rich enough.

在美国内战期间，曾有过强制征兵，但是你可以让人代替你，如果你足够有钱的话。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

His first treatise, a book called De Cive, or De Cive, depending on how you pronounce it, On the Citizen, was published in 1642, and it was a kind of draft version of Leviathan that was published almost a decade later, again in 1651.

他第一篇论文，叫De，Cive的书，意思就是《论人》,1642年出版，这也算是《利维坦》的草稿版本,而《利维坦》几乎在10年以后，1651年才出版。

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

If it's helping the kids write more or communicate more in their first draft,that's great, that's what teachers and educators want, to get students communicating,".

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

The IAEA chief did not elaborate on the draft deal, but news agencies report that it is essentially similar to an agreement reached in Geneva earlier this month.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

Former U.S.Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has just finished chairing a team that did a first draft of the Concept, and presented it to NATO officials in May.

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

How do we know that they are not going to keep it all?" The United States and allies France and Russia have supported the IAEA draft deal with Iran as a means to alleviate concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear program to develop atomic weapons covertly.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28