browbeat

英 ['bra?bi?t] 美['bra?'bit]
  • vt. 恫嚇，嚇唬；欺侮
GRE

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱單數(shù):?browbeats;過去式:?browbeat;過去分詞:?browbeaten;現(xiàn)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(jì)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(dá)到真正的戰(zhàn)爭狀態(tài).

來自辭典例句