browbeat
英 ['bra?bi?t]
美['bra?'bit]
- vt. 恫嚇，嚇唬；欺侮
GRE
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?browbeats;過去式:?browbeat;過去分詞:?browbeaten;現在分詞:?browbeating;
英文詞源
- browbeat (v.)
- "to bully," originally "to bear down with stern or arrogant looks," 1580s, from brow + beat (v.).
[I]t appears from the earliest quotations ... that the brow in question was that of the beater, not of the beaten party; but it is not evident whether the meaning was 'to beat with one's (frowning) brows,' or 'to beat (?lower) one's brows at.' [OED]
Related: Browbeaten; browbeating.
雙語例句
- 1. They browbeat him into signing the document.
- 他們威逼他簽署了文件.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it.
- 我要退出100米比賽的時候，一個年紀大些的孩子試圖嚇唬我就范。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The judge browbeat the witness.
- 那法官威嚇證人.
來自辭典例句
- 5. They jostled, browbeat , and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities.
- 它們彼此沖撞 、 威逼 、 恫嚇, 但是沒有達到真正的戰爭狀態.
來自辭典例句