169. Fodder - GRE Vocabulary - Fodder / Cannon Fodder

Fodder : (가축의)사료, 여물, (~에 쓸모가 있는)소재, 재료, 것, 사람

Cannon Fodder : 총알받이

 

Fodder

Fodder is food for animal, particularly cows or sheeps

Something that is good for and probably only good for one particular purpose

Journalist used the politician's comment as a fodder to make joke about him

Fodder is like a raw material going in

As a basis for sth that serves as inspirational and encouragement for sth

Politicians are good fodder for comedians, are good food and raw material to use to make jokes

The information that I found in the Internet was good fodder for your essay that I was going to write

I saw a book referred to as beach fodder, which is good book to read at the beach during the holiday

Unqualified young people are viewed as factory fodder

A person or thing that is looked at as a good raw material or as a good source for some sort of use

Promotional fodder for mass media

 

 

Cannon fodder 

Ordinary soldiers were viewed as cannon fodder, food for the ennomy cannons

Something worthless people 

 

 

 

Formality : 5.5

 

 

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