strong-arm

美 [ˈstrɔːŋ ɑːrm]英 [ˈstrɒŋ ɑːm]
  • adj.横施淫威的;以暴力强制的
  • n.暴力;强硬手段

复数: strong-arms 过去式: strong-armed 现在分词: strong-arming 过去分词: strong-armed 第三人称单数: strong-arms

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adj.

only before noun横施淫威的;以暴力强制的
using threats or violence in order to make people do what you want

to use strong-arm tactics against your political opponents

用强制手段对付政敌

strong-arm

频次

  • 1
    ADJ (策略、方法)强硬的,铁拳的,使用暴力强制的,横施淫威的
    If you refer to someone's behaviour as strong-arm tactics or methods, you disapprove of it because it consists of using threats or force in order to achieve something.

    The money has been recovered without resorting to verbal abuse or strong-arm tactics...

    没有恶语相向也没有大动干戈就把这笔钱要回来了。

verb

1
use physical force against
They strong-armed me when I left the restaurant
2
be bossy towards
Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
Synonym: bully browbeat bullyrag ballyrag boss around hector push around
3
handle roughly
He was strong-armed by the policemen

adj

1
impelled by physical force especially against resistance
forcible entry
a real cop would get physical
strong-arm tactics
Synonym: forcible physical

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  1. Women can never understand why their husbands refuse to handle them diplomatically , when it would be money in their pockets to use the velvet glove instead of the strong-arm method .

    当男人们本可以通过一点点甜言蜜语或小礼物来取悦妻子,而不是争吵或实行冷暴力的时候,女人们是不会明白为什么她们的丈夫就是不愿意用这么点技巧来对待她们。

  2. The paper is openly critical of the strong-arm president .

    该报纸对这位铁腕总统进行公开的批评。

  3. The money has been recovered without resorting to verbal abuse or strong-arm tactics

    没有恶语相向也没有大动干戈就把这笔钱要回来了。

  4. But strong-arm US legal action is not an effective long-term solution ;

    但是,美国强硬的法律行动从长期来看并非有效的解决方案;

  5. He brought along two strong-arm men from his private guard .

    他从自己私人保镖中选带了两名杀气腾腾的打手。

  6. Use strong-arm methods , tactics , etc.

    采用强制方法、策略等。

  7. But if America can strong-arm companies into handing over data , so can China .

    既然美国能强制美国的公司提交数据,中国自然也可以。

  8. Forcible entry ; a real cop would get physical ; strong-arm tactics .

    强行进入;真正的警察会变得爱使用暴力;武力的策略。

  9. Others were furious at the government 's strong-arm tactics over the vote .

    其他人对政府在投票上采取强制手段感到非常愤怒。

  10. More firms are being strong-armed into handing back big sums of cash they are unable to deploy .

    更多的机构正被迫退还大量无法配置的现金。

  11. Could it also help the image of China 's urban pari-police , known for their strong-arm tactics with protesters and street vendors ?

    它是否也能提升以粗暴对待抗议者和街头小贩著称的中国城管的形象呢?

  12. Am I being strong-armed by private counsel ?

    你这个私人律师是在强迫我吗?

  13. In other cases tried since his death , he appears in a far less flattering light - as a ruthless executive willing to strong-arm smaller companies .

    在他去世后开庭的其他案件中,也突出了他负面的形象。他给人的印象是一名严酷的高管,喜欢胁迫较小的公司。

  14. Through the ease-up of the regulation of entering and even strong-arm of division , the government can straightly make the market structure of the telecommunication industry .

    政府通过放松进入规制和更为激烈的手段&强制性分拆,可以直接塑造电信业的市场结构;

  15. The opaque way many investigations have been carried out has given the appearance of the government making decisions in back rooms to strong-arm brands into lowering their prices .

    而很多不透明的调查,已经给外界一种政府暗中制定决策并强迫品牌降价的印象。

  16. It feels it can strong-arm foreign energy companies , and object anew to things which Russia seemed to have accepted , like America 's missile-defence plans .

    克里姆林宫如今十分渴望得到世人的敬畏。其感到可以对那些外国能源公司采取高压手段,并且言而无信,就像美国单方面退出导弹防御计划。

  17. The dW Java team loves Sing , and I 'm routinely reminded by them that I should strong-arm him into writing again .

    dWJava团队都很喜欢Sing,他们经常提醒我应该把他找回来写文章。

  18. Paulie had recruited two of the strong-arms in the family and fingered the punks for them .

    保利在这个家族里面已经招募了两个壮汉,并且指给他们那两个人。

  19. Detectives who grill suspects in Homicide ( TV series ) do it with verbal cunning , not strong-arm bullying .

    在《杀人》这出电视连续剧里,警察以巧妙的言词盘问嫌疑犯,而非动粗威胁。

  20. There is a further danger that , as the climate crisis deepens , governments may strong-arm farmers into planting prescribed biotech seeds with traits deemed essential for adaptation .

    还有更深远的一种危险,即随着气候危机的深化,各国政府可能强制农民种植规定的生物技术种子,这些种子具有适应气候变化的关键性状。

  21. The truth is that London was always " proud to be one of nature 's strong-armed noblemen ", though he knew that his place should be with people of his own class .

    事实是:伦敦虽然知道应该站在自己阶级一边,却总是自居为“大自然身强力壮的宠儿”而感到骄傲。

  22. Central to the holdouts ' case has been that in two restructurings , Argentina strong-armed creditors into accepting a savage haircut worth just 25 cents on the dollar .

    拒绝重组债权人的核心论点是,在两次重组中,阿根廷都威逼债权人接受折后仅余债券面值25%的野蛮折价(haircut)。

  23. Even to achieve the Plaza Accord took a committed diplomatic effort by the us to corral European members of the G5 France , Germany and the UK and strong-arm Japan into co-operating .

    当年为了促成广场协议,美国全力进行外交斡旋,才说服g5中的欧洲国家(法国、德国和英国)以及强硬的日本采取合作态度。

  24. While making reference to the incoming civilian government resulting from democratic elections he permitted this year , the president also defended his nine years of strong-armed rule as a journey " toward democracy and development . "

    穆沙拉夫说,即将上任的文官政府是他今年允许实行民主选举的结果。穆沙拉夫还为他为期九年的铁腕统治作辩护,称他的统治是“朝着民主和发展”的方向前进。

  25. No one is feeling this more keenly than private equity fund managers , who are among the best-paid of all intermediaries . More firms are being strong-armed into handing back big sums of cash they are unable to deploy .

    对此感受最深的莫过于私人股本基金经理&他们是所有中介机构收入最为丰厚的群体。更多的机构正被迫退还大量无法配置的现金。

  26. He was strong-armed into doing it .

    他被迫这么做的。

  27. And in Russia last month , after years of strong-arming by the government and corrupt Russian oligarchs , BP agreed to sell its turbulent Russian partnership , TNK-BP , for a 20 % stake in Rosneft , the state-owned Russian oil company , and $ 12.3 billion in cash .

    上个月,历经多年政府打压和寡头折腾之后,英国石油公司宣布出售其俄罗斯合资公司秋明英国石油公司(TNK-BP)股份,换取国有的俄罗斯石油公司(Rosneft)20%的股份和123亿美元的现金。

  28. Shinhan even uses some strong-arm tactics to keep its workaholic employees out of the office during the holiday by locking them out of the computer system while oil refiner S-Oil helps staff to use up all two weeks of mandatory leave by naming a colleague to take the employee 's place while they are away .

    新韩银行甚至采取了强制手法——禁止“工作狂”员工在休假期间登录公司计算机系统。炼油企业S-Oil则帮助员工用完两周的必休假期,办法是在员工休假时,指定一名同事顶替其职责。