| 词汇 | browbeat |
| 释义 | browbeat verb[ T ] uk /ˈbraʊ.biːt/ us /ˈbraʊ.biːt/browbeat | browbeaten to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly: 威吓；吓唬 be browbeaten into something/doing somethingDon't be browbeaten into working more hours than you want.别被唬住去加班工作。 They tried to browbeat her but she stood firm. I refuse to be browbeaten. Synonym hectordisapproving Causing somebody to act arm-twisting bludgeon bounce someone into something browbeat someone into something/doing something bull something through coercion dragoon someone into something drive someone/something to something duress force someone's handidiom forced marriage push (someone) toward(s) something push something through put the heat on someoneidiom put/tighten the screws on someoneidiom rallying cry ransom slap squeeze wring You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Urging & persuading browbeat | American Dictionarybrowbeat verb[ T ] us/ˈbrɑʊˌbit/past tensebrowbeat | past participlebrowbeatenus/ˈbrɑʊˌbi·tən/ to ask or demand continually that someone do something: He objected that McDonald was browbeating the witness. Examples of browbeatbrowbeat Again, local committees, instead of being browbeaten, should be encouraged to go in for propaganda work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My noble friend was not trying to browbeat anybody. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is essential, if they are to continue this work, that they are not browbeaten by cheap imports. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are trying to browbeat us into supporting them on it, and we will not have it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel that nothing can be gained by absolutely crushing and browbeating them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are we going to allow ourselves to be browbeaten? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must not allow ourselves to be browbeaten, inveigled or hammered into giving up and letting others produce what we should produce ourselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although we are sympathetic to these petitions, does this not illustrate that pensioners are being browbeaten into accepting that they must now ask for charity? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I earnestly hope that we will not be browbeaten in this matter by the attempt of some newspapers to prevent us clearing our name. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He should not be browbeaten by the generals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We shall not resort to blackmail in order to browbeat the voluntary grammar schools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am perfectly willing to give way, but he must learn to show a little courtesy, instead of just pushing in and trying to browbeat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An attempt was made to browbeat the community into accepting a thoroughly ill-conceived proposition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot browbeat men like that and pay them a price to get out of agriculture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At one moment one man browbeats the party. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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