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browbeat

美 [ˈbraʊbiːt]英 [ˈbraʊbiːt]
  • vt.威吓;恫吓;威逼

过去式: browbeaten 现在分词: browbeating 过去分词: browbeat 第三人称单数: browbeats

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verb

【不规则形式】browbeat browbeaten

恫吓;威逼
to frighten or threaten sb in order to make them do sth

They were browbeaten into accepting the offer.

他们被威逼接受了提议。

intimidate

browbeat

频次

  • 2
    VERB 威逼;恫吓
    If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.

    ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters...

    蒙蔽、欺骗或恫吓选民的企图

  • ...the browbeaten employees.

    受到威逼的员工

verb

1
discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner;intimidate
Synonym: bully swagger
2
be bossy towards
Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
Synonym: strong-arm bully bullyrag ballyrag boss around hector push around

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  1. The judge browbeat the witness .

    那法官威吓证人。

  2. They tried to browbeat him into signing the contract .

    他们试图威吓他签合同。

  3. They were browbeaten into accepting the offer .

    他们被威逼接受了提议。

  4. 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。

  5. Why was I always suffering , always browbeaten , always accused , for ever condemned ?

    我为什么老受折磨,老受欺侮,老挨骂,一辈子也翻不了身呢

  6. Mr Zha urges America to refrain from browbeating China into accepting distant targets for future reductions .

    查先生敦促美国不要威胁中国为今后减少排放而去接受这遥远的目标

  7. They browbeat him into signing the document .

    他们威逼他签署了文件。

  8. Don 't let them browbeat you into going !

    别让他们把你逼走了!

  9. Shenzhen police expresses , this case browbeats badly finance is safe , social influence is great .

    深圳警方表示,此案严重威胁金融安全,社会影响极大。

  10. She wasn 't going to let him browbeat her into agreeing to go .

    她不会受他威逼而同意去。

  11. How dare you suggest that I would try and browbeat aunt elizabeth !

    你怎么竟敢暗示说我会设法威逼伊丽莎白大婶!

  12. Dedicate yourself to photography , but never browbeat yourself too much .

    花时间在摄影上,但也别给力过度哈。

  13. Have they just browbeaten by the term over the years , so that nearly everyone would say yes ?

    是不是因为他们在过去数年被创新这个词给唬住了,所以几乎所有人都给了肯定的回答?

  14. Beijing , therefore , does not want to see Russian aggression browbeat a region that is an important energy provider .

    因此,中国不希望看到俄罗斯的攻击性会威胁这一重要的能源供应地。

  15. Many bosses cited in the book treated their kids like their employees and browbeat and manipulated them .

    书中提到的很多老板对待子女就像对待员工一样,吓唬他们、操纵他们。

  16. Lobbyists are undoubtedly browbeating the SEC even as you read this .

    就在你读这篇文章的时候,游说者可能就在威胁美国证券交易委员会。

  17. In2008 China reportedly browbeat ExxonMobil and BP into stopping exploration in Vietnamese waters .

    在2008年据说中国恫吓埃克森美孚和英国石油,要求其停止在中越争议水域的探测。

  18. Mr Obama 's softly-softly tour of the Middle Kingdom suggests he knows Beijing cannot be browbeaten .

    奥巴马耐心谨慎的中国之行暗示,他明白,北京不可能被吓住。

  19. In the meantime , I 'm going downstairs to browbeat a scared .

    同时,我要到楼下去吓唬一个被吓坏的。

  20. A poor , browbeaten little clerk .

    可怜的、被吓坏的小职员。

  21. Cora is quite simply a browbeaten wife .

    科拉完全是个服服贴贴的妻子。

  22. A browbeating lawyer was demanding that a witness answer a certain question either in the negative or affirmative .

    一位气势汹汹的律师要求一个证人回答问题时要么说“是”,要么说“否”。

  23. Ah , I 'm so disorganized , so browbeaten by what I remember .

    啊,我的思绪如此杂乱无章,如此受制于回忆与往事。

  24. Don 't let yourself to be browbeaten or cornered into making concessions with which you are not comfortable .

    不要强迫自己去做不痛快的事,或者逼自己去与之妥协。

  25. The answer for Americans is not to browbeat Europeans for this , but to accept it and adjust to it .

    对于美国人来说,解决之道不是为此威逼欧洲,而是应该接受现实,并作出相应的调整。

  26. Just because they are ahead of India doesn 't mean they can browbeat India and India in turn genuflect before them .

    不能说他们的实力在印度之上就可以打败我们。

  27. It has shown over the past year that it is too widely supported to be browbeaten into concessions either by sanctions or by pressure from Fatah .

    过去的一年表明,由于广泛的支持,无论是制裁还是法塔赫的压力都不会使得退让出现。

  28. The drowsy browser knits its brows to browbeat the frowzy crow .

    昏昏欲睡的吃草动物皱眉头吓唬邋遢的乌鸦。

  29. It 's really easy to browbeat your user community to accept some gawdawful innovation that will do nothing but annoy them for the life of the program .

    要迫使您的用户们接受某些糟糕的创新很容易,但这些创新什么也干不了,只会在用户使用程序时给他们添麻烦。

  30. Refused to Be BrowBeaten and insulted ;

    拒绝被逼讯及被侮辱;