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.(以言辤或表情)威逼,恫嚇
词根记忆
- brow(眉毛) + beat(打)→用眉毛來打人→嚇唬
英汉例句
- They browbeat him into signing the document.
他們威逼他簽署了文件. - 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. - The judge browbeat the witness.
那法官威嚇証人. - When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it.
我要退出100米比賽的時候,一個年紀大些的孩子試圖嚇唬我就範。 - 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.
词组短语
- browbeat t 嚇唬
- Tending To Browbeat Others 傾曏於嚇唬別人
- browbeat sb into doing sth 威逼某人做某事;繙譯
- browbeat someone into doing something 威逼著某人去做某事
- Use Pressure To Browbeat Others 以力服人
短語
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