Overawe
[əʊvər'ɔː]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats).
埃米尔編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To awe exceedingly; to subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear.
亚瑟校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. Awe, intimidate, cow, frighten, affright, daunt.
整理:露丝
解釋/意思:
v.t. to restrain by fear or by superior influence.
手打:莉莎
例句/造句/用法:
- In 1245 the men of Schwyz burnt the castle of New Habsburg which had been set up near Lucerne to overawe them; its ruins are still to be seen there. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He knelt before ten cardinals in scarlet, an assembly august enough to overawe truth itself, while he amended the creation he had disarranged. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He was overawed by the Serjeant, and profoundly courteous to the attorney. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I was touched by his gentle tone, and overawed by his high, calm mien. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I made him a bow and felt very much overawed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
手打:特雷弗