browbeat
英 [ˈbraʊbiːt]
美 [ˈbraʊbiːt]
v. 恫吓; 威逼
过去分词：browbeaten 现在分词：browbeating 过去式：browbeat 第三人称单数：browbeats
BNC.39618 / COCA.31119
牛津词典
verb
- 恫吓；威逼
to frighten or threaten sb in order to make them do sth- They were browbeaten into accepting the offer.
他们被威逼接受了提议。
- They were browbeaten into accepting the offer.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 威逼；恫吓
If someone tries tobrowbeatyou, they try to force you to do what they want.- ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters...
蒙蔽、欺骗或恫吓选民的企图 - 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。
- ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters...
The form browbeat is used in the present tense and is also the past tense. browbeat的过去式和原形相同。
英英释义
verb
- discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
- be bossy towards
- Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
双语例句
- She browbeat her parents into letting her wear a slinky dress.
她硬逼着要她父母让她穿一件紧身性感的连衣裙。 - When we use the word responsibility in the absence of substantial sanctions are we not trying to browbeat a free man in a commons into acting against his own interest?
当我们引用「责任」而没有相当的制裁，我们是否在吓唬公地的人们作出有违本身利益的行动？ - The drowsy browser knits its brows to browbeat the frowzy crow.
昏昏欲睡的吃草动物皱眉头吓唬邋遢的乌鸦。 - In the meantime, I'm going downstairs to browbeat a scared.
同时，我要到楼下去吓唬一个被吓坏的。 - Don't let them browbeat you into going!
别让他们把你逼走了！ - She wasn't going to let him browbeat her into agreeing to go.
她不会受他威逼而同意去。 - Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much.
花时间在摄影上，但也别给力过度哈。 - In2008 China reportedly browbeat ExxonMobil and BP into stopping exploration in Vietnamese waters.
在2008年据说中国恫吓埃克森美孚和英国石油，要求其停止在中越争议水域的探测。 - How dare you suggest that I would try and browbeat aunt elizabeth!
你怎么竟敢暗示说我会设法威逼伊丽莎白大婶！ - The answer for Americans is not to browbeat Europeans for this, but to accept it and adjust to it.
对于美国人来说，解决之道不是为此威逼欧洲，而是应该接受现实，并作出相应的调整。