browbeat 词态变化
第三人称单数: browbeats;过去式: browbeat;过去分词: browbeaten;现在分词: browbeating;
browbeat 英文词源
- 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.
browbeat 英文释义
- 1. be bossy towards;
- "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
- 2. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
browbeat 双语例句
- 1. They browbeat him into signing the document.
- 他们威逼他签署了文件.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. We shall never allow our police to browbeat prisoners into admitting their guilt.
- 我们决不允许我们的警察对囚犯搞逼供.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it.
- 我要退出100米比赛的时候，一个年纪大些的孩子试图吓唬我就范。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The judge browbeat the witness.
- 那法官威吓证人.
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句
browbeat 实用场景例句
- They were browbeaten into accepting the offer.
- 他们被威逼接受了提议。
牛津词典
- ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters...
- 蒙蔽、欺骗或恫吓选民的企图
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- We shall never allow our police to browbeat prisoners into admitting their guilt.
- 我们决不允许我们的警察对囚犯搞逼供.
《简明英汉词典》
- These tendency may arouse trade protectionism, browbeat thereby global economy is integrated.
- 这些倾向可能会激发贸易保护主义, 从而威胁到全球的经济整合.
期刊摘选
- We are in the process that has a story, the victim still suffered browbeat and threaten.
- 我们在进行报道的过程中, 受害人还遭到了威胁和恐吓.
期刊摘选
- The boss browbeat me into taking on all this extra work.
- 老板威逼我接受所有这个额外的工作.
期刊摘选
- But just look at how they browbeat the IMF into giving favourable assessments of their economies.
- 但是看看它们在争取良好经济评级时是怎样恫吓国际货币基金组织的,就会知道这很难奏效了.
期刊摘选
- The police could not browbeat him confessing.
- 警察怎样威逼他也没法使他招认.
期刊摘选
- The drowsy browser knits its brows to browbeat the frowzy crow.
- 昏昏欲睡的吃草动物皱眉头恐吓邋遢的乌鸦.
期刊摘选
- Because of their health, especially crural health got browbeat badly.
- 因此她们的健康, 尤其是脚的健康受到了严重的威胁.
期刊摘选
- Go toward the summit, admittedly storm may be greater, browbeat however your life.
- 往山顶走, 固然风雨可能更大, 却不足以威胁你的生命.
期刊摘选
- 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.
辞典例句
- Production of 76 members unit encounters the group to browbeat badly.
- 集团76家成员单位生产碰到严重威胁.
期刊摘选
- In 2008 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.
期刊摘选
- They browbeat him into signing the document.
- 他们威逼他签署了文件.
《简明英汉词典》
- The judge browbeat the witness.
- 那法官威吓证人.
辞典例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
