词汇 | pushy |
释义 | pushy adjective disapprovinguk /ˈpʊʃ.i/ us /ˈpʊʃ.i/ C2 behaving in an unpleasant way by trying too much to get something or to make someone do something: 咄咄逼人的 a pushy salesman拼命劝别人买东西的推销员 Strong-willed adamancy adamant adamantine adamantly aggressive grittily gutsily gutsy gutty hard-boiled pertinacious pertinaciously pigheaded pigheadedly purposeful ultra-serious unbending unbroken undaunted unmovable Related wordpushiness pushy | American Dictionarypushy adjective disapprovingus/ˈpʊʃ·i/ trying too hard to persuade someone to do something: The salesman was a little too pushy, and we felt uncomfortable. Examples of pushypushy Again, the performance is on the highest possible level, the tension never diminishes, and the recording image evinces presence without being pushy. There is no indication that the pushy parents have the most musical children with the highest ambitions. Family is pushy and belligerent. Are they just supportive parents, pushy or don't they care at all? I do not believe that he is a bit pushy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The bright, forceful, vocal, pushy and well-prepared parents know how to work the system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many parents and carers are unable, for one reason or another, to be pushy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Not all parents are equally knowledgeable or "pushy". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have found that it is an immense help to be pushy, articulate, educated and middle-class, which, often, my constituents, though intelligent, are not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have to be a bit pushy, but the men are pushy, too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Elderly people, perhaps for reasons of politeness, are not prepared to show pushy salesmen the door. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I as a professional have suffered from the "pushy parent" and a sore burden they are to bear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 European funding programmes are probably for those who are pushy, articulate and can afford consultants; such people will find their way through these programmes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But since the legal experts and diplomats were not always sufficiently bold or particularly pushy, what did they achieve? From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This time it is not the pushy private money-maker that is the villain, but the intrusive government, feared for its security standards. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English 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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