browbeat

英 [ˈbraʊbiːt]

美 [ˈbraʊbiːt]

v.  恫吓; 威逼

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

GRE

BNC.39618 / COCA.31119

牛津词典

verb

• 恫吓；威逼
  to frighten or threaten sb in order to make them do sth
  1. They were browbeaten into accepting the offer.
     他们被威逼接受了提议。

柯林斯词典

The form browbeat is used in the present tense and is also the past tense. browbeat的过去式和原形相同。


• VERB 威逼；恫吓
  If someone tries tobrowbeatyou, they try to force you to do what they want.
  1. ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters...
     蒙蔽、欺骗或恫吓选民的企图
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  Synonym:bullyswagger
• be bossy towards
  1. Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
  Synonym:strong-armbullybullyragballyragboss aroundhectorpush around

双语例句

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She browbeat her parents into letting her wear a slinky dress.
  她硬逼着要她父母让她穿一件紧身性感的连衣裙。
• They jostled, browbeat, and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities.
  它们彼此冲撞、威逼、恫吓，但是没有达到真正的战争状态。
• When we use the word responsibility in the absence of substantial sanctions are we not trying to browbeat a free man in a commons into acting against his own interest?
  当我们引用「责任」而没有相当的制裁，我们是否在吓唬公地的人们作出有违本身利益的行动？
• She wasn't going to let him browbeat her into agreeing to go.
  她不会受他威逼而同意去。