browbeat

verb

1. 恫吓；威逼
   to frighten or threaten sb in order to make them do sth
   1. They were browbeaten into accepting the offer.
      他们被威逼接受了提议。

The form browbeat is used in the present tense and is also the past tense. browbeat的过去式和原形相同。


1. VERB 威逼；恫吓
   If someone tries to browbeat you, they try to force you to do what they want.
   1. ...attempts to deceive, con, or browbeat the voters...
      蒙蔽、欺骗或恫吓选民的企图
   2. 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。

1. 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。
2. It's really easy to browbeat your user community to accept some gawdawful innovation that will do nothing but annoy them for the life of the program.
   要迫使您的用户们接受某些糟糕的创新很容易，但这些创新什么也干不了，只会在用户使用程序时给他们添麻烦。
3. How dare you suggest that I would try and browbeat aunt elizabeth!
   你怎么竟敢暗示说我会设法威逼伊丽莎白大婶！
4. Don't let them browbeat you into going!
   别让他们把你逼走了！
5. In2008 China reportedly browbeat ExxonMobil and BP into stopping exploration in Vietnamese waters.
   在2008年据说中国恫吓埃克森美孚和英国石油，要求其停止在中越争议水域的探测。
6. They tried to browbeat him into signing the contract.
   他们试图威吓他签合同。
7. In the meantime, I'm going downstairs to browbeat a scared.
   同时，我要到楼下去吓唬一个被吓坏的。
8. Just because they are ahead of India doesn't mean they can browbeat India and India in turn genuflect before them.
   不能说他们的实力在印度之上就可以打败我们。
9. She browbeat her parents into letting her wear a slinky dress.
   她硬逼着要她父母让她穿一件紧身性感的连衣裙。
10. They jostled, browbeat, and threatened one another, but they did not come to actual hostilities.
    它们彼此冲撞、威逼、恫吓，但是没有达到真正的战争状态。
11. The drowsy browser knits its brows to browbeat the frowzy crow.
    昏昏欲睡的吃草动物皱眉头吓唬邋遢的乌鸦。
12. Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much.
    花时间在摄影上，但也别给力过度哈。
13. She wasn't going to let him browbeat her into agreeing to go.
    她不会受他威逼而同意去。
14. Many bosses cited in the book treated their kids like their employees and browbeat and manipulated them.
    书中提到的很多老板对待子女就像对待员工一样，吓唬他们、操纵他们。
15. The answer for Americans is not to browbeat Europeans for this, but to accept it and adjust to it.
    对于美国人来说，解决之道不是为此威逼欧洲，而是应该接受现实，并作出相应的调整。
16. Beijing, therefore, does not want to see Russian aggression browbeat a region that is an important energy provider.
    因此，中国不希望看到俄罗斯的攻击性会威胁这一重要的能源供应地。
17. When we use the word responsibility in the absence of substantial sanctions are we not trying to browbeat a free man in a commons into acting against his own interest?
    当我们引用「责任」而没有相当的制裁，我们是否在吓唬公地的人们作出有违本身利益的行动？

verb

1. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner

   Synonym:    bullyswagger

2. be bossy towards
   1. Her big brother always bullied her when she was young

   Synonym:    strong-armbullybullyragballyragboss aroundhectorpush around