browbeaten

英 [ˈbraʊbiːtn] 美 [ˈbraʊbiːtn]

v.  恫吓; 威逼
browbeat的过去分词

过去分词:browbeaten

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柯林斯词典

    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。

  1. VERB 威逼;恫吓
    If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
    1. ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters...
      蒙蔽、欺骗或恫吓选民的企图
    2. 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。

双语例句

  1. Thereupon, finding Tess unfairly browbeaten, the husbands and lovers tried to make peace by defending her; but the result of that attempt was directly to increase the war.
    因此,几个丈夫和情人看见苔丝受到欺负,感到不公平,就想化解这场吵,帮着苔丝说了几句话;但是他们努力的结果,却是更加把战事激化了。
  2. A poor, browbeaten little clerk.
    可怜的、被吓坏的小职员。
  3. Refused to Be BrowBeaten and insulted;
    拒绝被逼讯及被侮辱;
  4. Cora is quite simply a browbeaten wife.
    科拉完全是个服服贴贴的妻子。
  5. Ah, I'm so disorganized, so browbeaten by what I remember.
    啊,我的思绪如此杂乱无章,如此受制于回忆与往事。
  6. Don't let yourself to be browbeaten or cornered into making concessions with which you are not comfortable.
    不要强迫自己去做不痛快的事,或者逼自己去与之妥协。
  7. They were browbeaten into accepting the offer.
    他们被威逼接受了提议。
  8. It has shown over the past year that it is too widely supported to be browbeaten into concessions either by sanctions or by pressure from Fatah.
    过去的一年表明,由于广泛的支持,无论是制裁还是法塔赫的压力都不会使得退让出现。
  9. Mr Obama's softly-softly tour of the Middle Kingdom suggests he knows Beijing cannot be browbeaten.
    奥巴马耐心谨慎的中国之行暗示,他明白,北京不可能被吓住。