Intimidate
[ɪn'tɪmɪdeɪt] or [ɪn'tɪmɪdet]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make timid or fearful; 'Her boss intimidates her'.
(verb.) to compel or deter by or as if by threats.
埃米尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Frighten, affright, FRIGHT, alarm, scare, daunt, dismay, terrify, appall, put in fear.
錄入:纳丁
同義詞及反義詞:
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
解釋/意思:
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.
錄入:梅林达
例句/造句/用法:
- They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- 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. 維萊特.
- My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Though those complaints produced no act of parliament, they had probably intimidated the company so far, as to oblige them to reform their conduct. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- I am not to be intimidated into anything so wholly unreasonable. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- This was stiffly resisted, the British crown was intimidated, and the Stamp Acts were repealed (1766). 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun's perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness of manner, said of her: 'She is a smart woman. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- And the trunk, intimidated, doubtless, by this resolute statement, gave in. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
編輯:莎蒂