Browbeat
['braʊbiːt] or ['braʊ'bit]
解释:
(verb.) discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate.
录入:雷内--From WordNet
解释:
(imp.) of Browbeat
(v. t.) To depress or bear down with haughty, stern looks, or with arrogant speech and dogmatic assertions; to abash or disconcert by impudent or abusive words or looks; to bully; as, to browbeat witnesses.
校对:马尔科姆
同义词及近义词：
v. a. Bully, overbear, treat insolently.
埃尔顿校对
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Intimidate, bully, overbear, cow, overawe, boycott, bulldoze
ANT:Encourage, rally, countenance, support
杰西整理
例句:
- They jostled, browbeat, and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- It is not a very manly thing, Mr. Holmes, to come here and browbeat a woman. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Nobody could have browbeaten her, none irritated her nerves, exhausted her patience, or over-reached her astuteness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
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