browbeat
英['braʊbiːt]
美['braʊbiːt]
- v. 威吓；恫吓
GRE
详细释义
Verb:
-
be bossy towards;
"Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
-
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
双语例句
- 1. They browbeat him into signing the document.
- 他们威逼他签署了文件.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. We shall never allow our police to browbeat prisoners into admitting their guilt.
- 我们决不允许我们的警察对囚犯搞逼供.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it.
- 我要退出100米比赛的时候，一个年纪大些的孩子试图吓唬我就范。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The judge browbeat the witness.
- 那法官威吓证人.
来自辞典例句
- 5. They jostled, browbeat , and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities.
- 它们彼此冲撞 、 威逼 、 恫吓, 但是没有达到真正的战争状态.
来自辞典例句
- For many Britons accustomed to watching Thatcher browbeat enemies and dress down aides, it seemed like only a matter of time before her support for Major would cool.
对很多看惯撒切尔向她的政敌怒目而视或斥责僚属的英国人来说，她对梅杰的支持迟早都会冷却。 - I won't be browbeaten into accepting your proposals.
我不会在威迫之下接受你的提议。 - The judge browbeat the witness.
那法官威吓证人。
用法讲解
- browbeat someone into doing something 威逼着某人去做某事...
相关词汇
- intimidate 胁迫
- threaten 威胁
- bully 欺凌弱小者
- badger 獾
- dragoon (龙)骑兵
- nag 不断唠叨
- push 推
- pester 纠缠
- force 武力
- coerce 强制
- trample 踩踏
- ballyrag 恫吓
- swagger 大摇大摆地走...
- strong-arm 强制的
- Hector 赫克托(①男子名 ②荷马...
- bullyrag 威吓
- push around 摆布
- boss around 颐指气使
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