browbeat
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈbraʊ.biːt]
- 美式音标 [ˈbraʊ.biːt]
- 国际音标 ['braubi:t]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt.(以言辞或表情)威逼,恫吓
词根记忆
- brow(眉毛) + beat(打)→用眉毛来打人→吓唬
英汉例句
- They browbeat him into signing the document.
他们威逼他签署了文件. - 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. - The judge browbeat the witness.
那法官威吓证人. - 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。 - 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.
词组短语
- browbeat t 吓唬
- Tending To Browbeat Others 倾向于吓唬别人
- browbeat sb into doing sth 威逼某人做某事;翻译
- browbeat someone into doing something 威逼着某人去做某事
- Use Pressure To Browbeat Others 以力服人
短语
英英字典
- to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly
- If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
- browbeaten