browbeat

[美國]/ˈbraʊbiːt/
[英國]/ˈbraʊbiːt/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

vt. (以言辭或表情)威逼,恫嚇
Word Forms
過去式browbeat
現在分詞browbeating
第三人稱單數browbeats
過去分詞browbeaten

例句

They browbeat him into signing the document.

他們威逼他簽署了文件。

We shall never allow our police to browbeat prisoners into admitting their guilt.

我們決不允許我們的警察對囚犯搞逼供。

Synonyms bludgeon, bluster, ||bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, dragoon, hector, ||ruffle, strong-arm, terrorize

陰謀破壞:顛覆::暴力強迫:脅迫(行爲及其目標)

She tried to browbeat her employees into working overtime.

她試圖逼迫她的員工加班工作。

He constantly browbeats his younger brother into doing his chores.

他經常欺負他的弟弟讓他做家務。

The manager used intimidation tactics to browbeat the team into meeting the deadline.

經理使用恐嚇戰術逼迫團隊趕上截止日期。

The coach won't browbeat the players but motivates them through positive reinforcement.

教練不會威逼球員,而是通過積極的強化來激勵他們。

She refused to be browbeaten by her boss and stood up for herself.

她拒絕被她的老闆欺負,併爲自己挺身而出。

The teacher doesn't believe in browbeating students to get good grades.

老師不贊成欺壓學生來取得好成績。

The politician tried to browbeat his opponents during the debate.

這位政治家試圖在辯論中威脅他的對手。

He used his position of authority to browbeat others into submission.

他利用自己的權威地位逼迫他人屈服。

The aggressive salesperson tried to browbeat the customer into making a purchase.

這位過激的銷售人員試圖威脅顧客購買商品。

She felt uncomfortable with his attempts to browbeat her into agreeing with him.

她感到不舒服,他試圖逼迫她同意他的觀點。

原聲例句

It was Elfride's first fragile attempt at browbeating a lover.

這是 Elfride 第一次脆弱地威脅情人。

來源: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

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

爲什麼我總是受苦,總是被恐嚇,總是被指責,永遠被定罪?

來源: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

It was whispered in one browbeaten textile union that the mute was an organizer for the C.I.O.

在一個受到威脅的紡織業工會中有人竊竊私語說啞巴是 C.I.O. 的組織者。

來源: The heart is a lonely hunter.

The vision of what ought to have been is thrown aside in sheer weariness, and browbeaten human endeavour listlessly makes the best of the fact that is.

極度的厭煩使人把本該實現的前景拋置一邊,人們的努力受挫折後,也就無精打采地往最好處想,湊合着過了。

來源: Returning Home

And when this woman can no longer bludgeon, browbeat, or bully her nieces into coming to see her, she has one of her " spells" .

當這個女人不能再用大棒、威脅或恐嚇她的侄女來看她時, 她就有了她的“法術” 之一。

來源: The virtues of human nature.

Regrettably, his approach to the issue so far differs little from Mr Abe's: tax incentives and browbeating, with a bit of a boost for public-sector workers.

遺憾的是,到目前爲止,他處理這個問題的方法與安倍先生幾乎沒有什麼不同:稅收優惠和恐嚇,以及對公共部門員工的一些提振。

來源: Economist Finance and economics

Crucially, in this original vision, the IMF would help members weather financial instability without browbeating them into undertaking painful policies such as cutting budgets or raising interest rates in the middle of a recession.

關鍵是,最初的設想是,國際貨幣基金組織將幫助成員國平安度過金融不穩定時期,不脅迫成員國採取痛苦的政策,比如在經濟衰退期間削減預算或提高利率。

來源: The Guardian (Article Version)

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