流逝汉英词典

browbeat

B 开头单词SAT词汇

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈbraʊ.biːt]
  • 美式音标 [ˈbraʊ.biːt]
  • 国际音标 ['braubi:t]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt.（以言辞或表情）威逼，恫吓

词根记忆

  • brow(眉毛) + beat(打)→用眉毛来打人→吓唬

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    browbeaten：战战兢兢的。
  • v性质的同根词
    browbeaten：吓唬（browbeat的过去分词）。

英汉例句

  • They browbeat him into signing the document.
    他们威逼他签署了文件.
  • We shall never allow our police to browbeat prisoners into admitting their guilt.
    我们决不允许我们的警察对囚犯搞逼供.
  • The judge browbeat the witness.
    那法官威吓证人.
  • When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it.
    我要退出100米比赛的时候，一个年纪大些的孩子试图吓唬我就范。
  • We shall never allow our police to browbeat prisoners into admitting their guilt.
    我们决不允许我们的警察对囚犯搞逼供.

词组短语

    短语

  • browbeat t 吓唬
  • Tending To Browbeat Others 倾向于吓唬别人
  • browbeat sb into doing sth 威逼某人做某事;翻译
  • browbeat someone into doing something 威逼着某人去做某事
  • Use Pressure To Browbeat Others 以力服人

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
  • browbeaten