| 词汇 | example_english_intimidation |
| 释义 | Examples of intimidationThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. The most vulnerable workers, those not associated with unions, were also those most subject to intimidation to encourage them to contract out. Even the comparatively sociable are reluctant to use hostels and day centres for homeless people, through fear of violence, intimidation and disturbance from younger clients. This interpretation is reinforced by the intimidation to which the police are subjected by politicians and intelligence organisations. For example, facing boycott and intimidation, hoteliers refused the preachers rooms. It influences the intimidation to which he and his officers are subject, the length of his tenure, and the manner of his retirement or dismissal. The largescale fraud, corruption and practices of intimidation which accompany this manoeuvring are contrary to the legal code of public conduct. In addition, smaller communities had tended to provide safeguards against the outright sale of votes or the intimidation of voters. Reports of money, intimidation and dirty tricks were the norm. Across the cases, state intervention in associational life has taken a variety of forms, including reorganization, leadership appointment, banishment, and intimidation. In either case, it is linked directly to the use of physical force and intimidation at levels not normally used by the state. Fear and intimidation are the hallmarks of authoritarian regimes. There could be substantial fraud and intimidation at a polling place that might not appear to bias substantially the aggregate returns from the parish. To make voluntary choices, patients need to be free from intimidation, coercion, or manipulation. They also illustrate the willingness of ordinary police to resist political intimidation as the following anecdote shows. Even defendants who were ultimately acquitted had to pass through ordeals of legal intimidation that often left mental and financial scars. The anarchist press regularly printed reports of physical intimidation and violence being practised against activists. Whatever else government informers achieved, they certainly created an atmosphere of intimidation. Indeed, repression as a means of intimidation has never been abandoned, leading to numerous and yet unresolved political crimes. Their statement also praised the role of observers in contributing to the decrease in intimidation. This authority creates a guarded atmosphere of dependence and intimidation that exists in displaced settlements in the transition zone. They would have preferred the bill to control picketing, which 'is intimidation, pure and simple',180 rather than to focus attention upon conciliation. He also spoke out against loyalty oaths and other attempts at political intimidation. By contrast, in other regions, this is seen as an imposed system, and one which is associated with intimidation and political control. Critics point to the political control of the system and the way hearings are far from transparent, and often involve serious intimidation. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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