browbeat

英 ['braʊbiːt] 美 ['braʊ'bit]
  • vt. 恫吓，吓唬；欺侮
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英文词源

browbeat (v.)
"to bully," originally "to bear down with stern or arrogant looks," 1580s, from brow + beat (v.).
[I]t appears from the earliest quotations ... that the brow in question was that of the beater, not of the beaten party; but it is not evident whether the meaning was 'to beat with one's (frowning) brows,' or 'to beat (?lower) one's brows at.' [OED]
Related: Browbeaten; browbeating.

双语例句

1. They browbeat him into signing the document.
他们威逼他签署了文件.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. We shall never allow our police to browbeat prisoners into admitting their guilt.
我们决不允许我们的警察对囚犯搞逼供.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it.
我要退出100米比赛的时候，一个年纪大些的孩子试图吓唬我就范。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The judge browbeat the witness.
那法官威吓证人.

来自辞典例句

5. They jostled, browbeat , and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities.
它们彼此冲撞 、 威逼 、 恫吓, 但是没有达到真正的战争状态.

来自辞典例句