1. 词汇概述:
Browbeat是一个动词,意为以威吓逼迫。它的近义词有intimidate, bully, coerce等。
2. 词汇来源:
该单词是由brow和beat两个单词组合而成,其中brow指的是人的眉毛或者眉头,beat则是指打击、抨击等。因此,browbeat的字面意思是用眉头打击,而随着词义的演变,其含义转变为用威吓的方式逼迫他人。
3. 词汇用法:
Browbeat是一个及物动词,它的宾语通常是人。可以使用被动语态,表示被威吓或者逼迫。
4. 词汇示例:
(1)例句1:The boss tried to browbeat his employees into working overtime without pay. 老板试图威吓员工加班不领工资。
(2)例句2:The prosecutor's attempt to browbeat the witness failed when the judge intervened. 检察官试图威吓证人,但法官插手后失败了。
(3)例句3:The teacher was accused of browbeating her students into studying harder. 老师被指责用威吓的方式逼迫学生更努力学习。
(4)例句4:The coach tried to browbeat the players into practicing harder, but it didn't work. 教练试图用威吓的方式逼迫球员更努力训练,但失败了。
(5)例句5:The politician's attempt to browbeat his opponent in the debate backfired when the audience booed him. 家试图用威吓的方式逼迫对手在辩论中失败了,观众开始嘘他。
'browbeat'的中文翻译是“威胁,欺负,恐吓”,读音为/ˈbraʊbiːt/。
例句:
1. The boss browbeat his employees into working overtime without pay.
老板对员工进行威胁,强制让他们不领薪水加班。
2. She tried to browbeat me into changing my mind, but I stuck to my decision.
她试图用恐吓逼迫我改变主意,坚持了我的决定。
3. The politician was accused of browbeating his opponents into silence.
这位家被指控通过威胁、欺负对手来让他们保持沉默。
browbeat的意思是"欺侮、威吓",在英美地区还有"吓唬"的意思,发音是['brajbi:t],browbeat是一个英语动词,在《英英汉-英英汉词典》中,共找到95个与browbeat相关的例句。
Browbeat的中文翻译
1.欺侮
例句: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。)
2.威吓
例句:They are literally trying to browbeat Japan into a state of constant submission. (他们简直是在试图恐吓日本以使其处于一种永远顺从的状态。)
3.吓唬
例句: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。)
4.恫吓、吓唬
例句:They insult us, browbeat us, they lecture us about being good citizens of the planet. (翻译:他们羞辱我们,吓唬我们, 教育我们要成为宇宙最好的公民)
例句
1. The boss browbeat me into taking on all this extra work. (翻译:老板威逼我接受所有这个额外的工作。)
2. They insult us, browbeat us, they lecture us about being good citizens of the planet. (翻译:他们羞辱我们,吓唬我们, 教育我们要成为宇宙最好的公民)
3. As a tactical maneuver, financial negotiators can browbeat the opposition much in the same way that technical negotiators can. (翻译:作为一种战术策略,金融型谈判者可以以技术性谈判者同样的方式来吓唬对手。)
4. One Brussels official admits that his commissioner "absolutely" uses poll data to browbeat reluctant governments, in private and in public. (翻译:一位欧盟官员承认他的委员“绝对”将民调结果作为恐吓—或是在私下或是在公众—迟迟不愿行动的的工具。)
5. That means we have a stake in working together to solve common problems, rather than trying to browbeat or intimidate the other into action. (翻译:那意味着我们有必要合作,共同解决共同的问题,而不是试图恫吓或胁迫另一方的行动。)
6. The drowsy browser knits its brows to browbeat the frowzy crow. (翻译:昏昏欲睡的吃草动物皱眉头吓唬邋遢的乌鸦。)
7. His foreign policy colleagues were eager "to browbeat the Russians with the bomb held rather ostentatiously on our hip" . (翻译:他的外交政策同事们渴望“,以威吓与俄罗斯举行的,而夸耀我们的髋关节”。)
8. They are literally trying to browbeat Japan into a state of constant submission. (翻译:他们简直是在试图恐吓日本以使其处于一种永远顺从的状态。)
9. When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it. (翻译:当我退出100米赛的时候,一个年龄大的孩子试图逼迫我参赛。)
10. Beijing, therefore, does not want to see Russian aggression browbeat a region that is an important energy provider. (翻译:因此,中国不希望看到俄罗斯的攻击性会威胁这一重要的能源供应地。)
11. In response, Mr Obama dispatched negotiators to Tegucigalpa, Honduras's capital, to browbeat the feuding leaders into a deal. (翻译:欧巴马总统派出谈判代表至宏国首都德古西加帕作为响应,严词威吓两位争吵的达成协议。)
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