| 词汇 | cow-into |
| 释义 | cow someone into something/doing something collocation to frighten someone into doing something, using threats or violence: （以威胁或暴力）使害怕，吓唬，恐吓 Those who knew the truth were cowed into silence. We shouldn't be cowed into living our lives in absolute fear. See cowverb He cowed everybody into siding with him. Too many professors are cowed by students into giving special treatment. She has cowed the patients into a cycle of co-dependency and humiliation, masquerading as therapy. The protesters refused to be cowed into submission by the army.抗议者拒绝向军队低头。 Frightening and scaring chill someone to the bone/marrowidiom cow creep curdle daylight doom monger ghoulish ghoulishly heart-stopping heebie-jeebies jump scare make someone's blood curdleidiom scare scare someone into doing something scare someone shitlessidiom scare/frighten the life out of someoneidiom scaremongering send shiver witless |
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