Intimidate
[ɪn'tɪmɪdeɪt] or [ɪn'tɪmɪdet]
解释:
(verb.) make timid or fearful; 'Her boss intimidates her'.
(verb.) to compel or deter by or as if by threats.
埃米尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.
珍妮特手打
同义词及近义词:
v. a. Frighten, affright, FRIGHT, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, terrify, appall, put in fear.
录入:纳丁
同义词及反义词:
SYN:Frighten, alarm, threaten, deter, dishearten, scare, appall, browbeat, cow
ANT:Encourage, inspirit, animate, reassure
SYN:Halve, bisect
ANT:Unite, integrate
手打:维吉尔
解释:
v.t. to make timid or fearful: to dispirit.—n. Intimidā′tion act of intimidating: use of violence or threats to influence the conduct or compel the consent of another: state of being intimidated.—adj. Intim′idatory.
录入:梅林达
例句:
- They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- Few things shook me now; few things had importance to vex, intimidate, or depress me: most things pleased--mere trifles had a charm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- Though those complaints produced no act of parliament, they had probably intimidated the company so far, as to oblige them to reform their conduct. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I am not to be intimidated into anything so wholly unreasonable. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
- I now stood in the empty hall; before me was the breakfast-room door, and I stopped, intimidated and trembling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- This was stiffly resisted, the British crown was intimidated, and the Stamp Acts were repealed (1766). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun's perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness of manner, said of her: 'She is a smart woman. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- And the trunk, intimidated, doubtless, by this resolute statement, gave in. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
编辑:莎蒂