chivvying

英 [ˈtʃɪviɪŋ] 美 [ˈtʃɪviɪŋ]

v.  强求; 催促
chivvy的现在分词



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 一再要求;不断催促
    If you chivvy someone, you keep telling them to do something that they do not want to do.
    1. Jovial ladies chivvy you into ordering more than you can eat!...
      热情的女招待会一再推荐,最后点的餐多到吃不下!
    2. He chivvies the troops along with a few well-directed words.
      他通过几句有针对性的话不断督促着队伍。

双语例句

  1. Rather than chivvying along the Chinese consumer to buy more cars and fridges, the G20 would do better to focus on the more significant damper on local consumption: the too-cheap currency.
    对于g20而言,与其催促中国消费者购买更多的汽车和冰箱,还不如把重点放在一个更重要的抑制消费的因素上:过于廉价的货币。
  2. His mother kept on chivvying him to get his hair cut.
    他母亲一直唠唠叨叨地催他去理发。
  3. It took a new president in Washington, and much chivvying by China, to get America moving.
    这促使华府新总统设法,以及中国大力游说,才让美国行动起来。