| 单词 |
intimidate |
| 释义 |
in·tim·i·date /ɪnˈtɪmədeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 1 THREATENto frighten or threaten someone into making them do what you want 恐吓,恫吓,威胁〔某人做某事〕intimidate somebody into doing something They tried to intimidate the young people into voting for them. 他们试图胁迫年轻人投票给他们。 Attempts to intimidate her failed. 恐吓她的企图失败了。2 to make someone feel worried and not confident 使害怕,使失去信心 The whole idea of going to Oxford intimidated me. 一想到要去牛津大学,我就信心全无。 —intimidation /ɪnˌtɪməˈdeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] She had endured years of intimidation and violence. 她忍受了多年的恐吓和暴力。 the intimidation of voters 对选民的恐吓→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusintimidate• He's being kept in jail until the trial so that he can't intimidate any of the witnesses.• Large audiences don't intimidate him.• Some workers are saying that they were intimidated into accepting the pay cuts, with threats of job losses.• In the former Soviet Union, the KGB was used to intimidate those who disagreed with the Communist Party.• The boss is quite tough, but don't let him intimidate you.Origin intimidate (1600-1700) Medieval Latin past participle of intimidare, from Latin timidus; → TIMIDin·tim·i·date verbChineseSyllable do or threaten frighten to them someone into Corpus making |
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