| 词汇 | cowed |
| 释义 | cowed adjective uk /kaʊd/ us /kaʊd/ frightened by threats or violence into doing something : She was neither defensive nor cowed by them. I will always remember the cowed faces of hostages sweating in the summer heat. She offered a cowed plea for forgiveness on national television. If the people become fearful and cowed by those in power then they live in tyranny. She survived the experience, mainly by refusing to be cowed. Our country will not be cowed by people who don't share our values. Afraid afraid afraid for someone/something afraid of someone/something be in fear of your lifephrase be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlightsidiom bottle goosey gun-shy have a horror of somethingidiom horror-struck in terror of your lifeidiom leaf panic shake shit a brickidiom squirrelly terrified terror terror-stricken threatened Synonymintimidated Related wordcowedly Examples of cowedcowed A "cowed" labor force runs scared under the newly evolved form of ruthless corporate governance. They are far more likely to be ashamed, cowed, fearful and silent. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that it will not be a cowed and broken nation, pointing to the disfigurement of war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Candidates may seek to represent both sections of society, but some people may feel cowed and may not wish to be represented by them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A cowed horse will never train on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A famous suggestion is that the cusp catastrophe can be used to model the behaviour of a stressed dog, which may respond by becoming cowed or becoming angry. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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