roughshod
英 [ˈrʌfʃɒd]
美 [ˈrʌfʃɑːd]
网络 峻岭长春; 马蹄上钉上凸起的防滑钉; 冷酷无情的
BNC.32907 / COCA.26438
习惯用语
adv.
- ride, etc. roughshod over sb
- (对某人)为所欲为,横行霸道;任意蹂躏
to treat sb badly and not worry about their feelings
英英释义
adj
- unjustly domineering
- incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies
- a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
- (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
双语例句
- Unscrupulous corporate mandarins who run roughshod over their employees, loot their shareholders, and defraud their customers?
是骑在雇员头上作威作福,掠夺股民利益,欺骗消费者的无耻企业家吗? - They are riding roughshod over the law.
他们的行为践踏了法律。 - If they try to ride roughshod over Shansi, they will certainly encounter greater difficulties than ever.
日军要在山西横行,必然将遇到它前所未有的困难。 - A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.
对所有反对意见不予理睬的经理。 - They abused their power and rode roughshod over the people.
他们滥用权力欺凌人民。 - He always rode roughshod over his neighbours and incurred widespread resentment.
他一贯欺压邻里,积怨甚多。 - They will certainly not allow the aggressors to ride roughshod over them for long.
他们一定不会长期让侵略者骑在头上作威作福的。 - Many founders fear that heavy-handed venture capitalists, chasing high returns, will ride roughshod over their concerns.
许多公司创始人担心,冷酷无情、追逐高额回报的风险投资家会毫不顾及他们的担心。 - This would aim at a problem that does not exist, while running roughshod over existing investors.
这种做法针对的是一个并不存在的问题,同时将践踏现有股东的利益。 - They thought they were only dealing with a little girl and, therefore, could ride roughshod over her.
他们本以为她只是个小女孩儿,因此可以完全不把她放在眼里。