steamroller

美 [ˈstiːmroʊlər]英 [ˈstiːmrəʊlə(r)]
  • n.蒸汽压路机
  • v.(凭借力量或权威)打败,压服,迫使

复数: steamrollers 过去式: steamrollered 现在分词: steamrollering 过去分词: steamrollered 第三人称单数: steamrollers

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noun

蒸汽压路机
a large slow vehicle with a roller , used for making roads flat

verb

(凭借力量或权威)打败,压服,迫使
to defeat sb or force them to do sth, using your power or authority

The team steamrollered their way to victory.

这支队以不可阻挡之势获得胜利。

She knew that she'd let herself be steamrollered.

她知道自己会屈服于对方的威势。

also NAmE usually steam roll

steamroller

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (蒸汽)压路机
    A steamroller is a large, heavy vehicle with wide, solid metal wheels, which is used to make the surface of a road flat. In the past steamrollers were powered by steam.

  • 2
    VERB (以权利、压力)迫使,逼迫,强行
    If you steamroller someone who disagrees with you or opposes you, you defeat them or you force them to do what you want by using your power or by putting a lot of pressure on them.

    They could simply steamroller all opposition.

    他们可以直接镇压所有反抗。

noun

1
vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
Synonym: road roller
2
a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
Synonym: juggernaut

verb

1
make level or flat with a steamroller
steamroll the roads
Synonym: steamroll
2
overwhelm by using great force
steamroller the opposition
Synonym: steamroll
3
crush with a steamroller as if to level
steamroller the road
4
proceed with great force
The new teacher tends to steamroller
Synonym: steamroll
5
bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure
The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat
Synonym: steamroll

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  1. A good run with pooch was like being dragged by a runaway steamroller .

    牵着普茨遛一通就好像给失控的蒸汽压路机拉着跑似的。

  2. The steamroller leveled out the gravel roadbed and then the concrete was poured .

    蒸汽压路机把石子路床压平;然后注上水泥。

  3. The team steamrollered their way to victory .

    这支队以不可阻挡之势获得胜利。

  4. She knew that she 'd let herself be steamrollered .

    她知道自己会屈服于对方的威势。

  5. They could simply steamroller all opposition .

    他们可以直接镇压所有反抗。

  6. A steamroller could yet restore the reputation of economic theory .

    市场机器最终要回归经济理论。

  7. I hate being steamrollered into doing something I don 't want to .

    我恨别人强迫我做我不想做的事。

  8. The combination of low cost and clever ideas is turning Nintendo into a steamroller .

    低销售策略和智能型意念的结合使得任天堂成为这一行业的弄潮儿。

  9. He steamrollered the plan through the committee .

    他在委员会上强行通过,这项计划。

  10. Starting in1972 , we were exposed to such a Soviet steamroller .

    从一九七二年起,我们就领教了苏联这种高压手段。

  11. The two Korean steamrollers have a history of outperforming the industry and are doing so again .

    现代和起亚,这两家势不可挡的韩国汽车新锐曾创下高于业内水平的骄人业绩。如今这一幕再次上演。

  12. Then it becomes a steamroller that flattens the opposition until the next election .

    这样,这个党就变成一股强大的力量,把反对党压得抬不起头,直到下一次选举为止。

  13. Some workmen arrived today with a steamroller .

    今天有一些工人带着一台蒸气压路机来了。

  14. The steamroller levelled off the gravel roadbed and then the concrete was poured .

    蒸汽压路机压平碎石路基,然后浇注混凝土。

  15. He was steamrollered into signing the agreement .

    他在强大的压力之下签署了协议。

  16. United have been steamrollering other teams , but we limited them to only a handful of chances .

    曼联之前对其他球队一直是屠杀的,但我们限制他们。

  17. Capitalism can never be a serene pastime for those who avoid disagreement unless they want to be steamrollered .

    对于逃避分歧的人来说,资本主义永远都不是安闲舒适的消遣方式除非他们愿意被别人压垮。

  18. They nounced what they were going to do and it was clear that they would steamroller anybody who didn 't like it .

    他们宣布了将要做的事,很明姥他们会强人所难。

  19. Yet the Beijing Games have also brought out some of the least attractive realities of the Chinese system : the way ordinary citizens with views considered awkward can be steamrollered .

    然而,北京奥运会也暴露出中国体制中某些最不吸引人的现实:即对那些被认为抱有危险思想的普通公民进行压制。

  20. Here is an opportunity for human beings to decide if we 're simply going to stand in the path of the technological steamroller or take control and help guide its direction .

    人类面临着一个机会,他们要决定是阻挡科技的进展,还是控制、指导科技的发展方向。

  21. Yes , you know about them , but so did the many business leaders from north and South who failed to take advantage of them or who even got steamrollered by them .

    没错,你的确知道这些趋势,但许多来自南半球和北半球、未能把握这些趋势、甚至被它们压垮的商界领袖同样也了解这一现象。

  22. We do not expect to see a move by China before year end , but merely the hint of a shift in currency policy could be enough to take some of the fuel out of the steamroller , forcing the dollar lower and cyclical assets higher .

    我们不认为年底之前中国会采取任何行动,但哪怕只是货币政策调整的暗示也可能足以削减经济复苏的势头,迫使美元贬值和周期性资产升值。

  23. North Korean defectors are the most shocked by the revolution in the peninsula 's youth , frequently warning that the soft-bellied Athens that is Seoul will be steamrollered by the Spartans sweeping down from the North .

    对朝鲜半岛上年轻人的变化最为震惊的是来自朝鲜的叛逃者。他们经常警告称,首尔就像绵软无力的雅典,会被来自朝鲜的斯巴达人碾得粉碎。

  24. While some prominent Angelenos grit their teeth over Mrs. Chow 's subtly unsubtle style ( one cited an article that called her " a formidable perfumed steamroller of a woman " ) , even the unconverted concede that she probably reigns as the city 's top hostess .

    有些著名的洛杉矶人抨击周女士这种巧妙露骨的风格(一篇文章说她是“喷着咄咄逼人的香水,犹如蒸汽轧路机的女人”),但是,就连不喜欢她的人也同意,她或许是这个城市最顶尖的女主人。

  25. But even for a company used to the barbs of critics who say it pays stingy wages , bullies suppliers and steamrollers mom-and-pop stores , the allegations are a potent challenge to an evangelical business culture forged in the poverty of backwoods Arkansas by its founder Sam Walton .

    尽管沃尔玛已经习惯了各种苛刻的批评,如薪资吝啬、欺压供应商、排挤社区小店,但对于沃尔玛创始人山姆•沃尔顿(SamWalton)在阿肯色州(Arkansas)贫穷落后地区建立起的福音式商业文化,上述指控仍然有可能构成巨大的挑战。