intimidate
常考释义
1.~ sb (into sth/into doing sth)恐吓;威胁to frighten or threaten sb so that they will do what you want
They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them.他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
She refused to be intimidated by their threats.她没有被他们的威胁吓倒。
We object to any effort to intimidate US corporations or those of any nation engaged in legitimate economic activity.
美方极力反对任何威胁美国公司或他国企业在该地区从事合法经济活动的行为。
It's just like the Raiders back in the day. They used to get off the bus with the all-black on, they just tried to intimidate people.
这就像过去的游击队那样,全身穿着黑色,从公车上下来,试图恐吓人们。
Mr. Murdoch's 'newspapers were used to bully and intimidate political leaders and individual politicians, ' he said.
他说,默多克的报纸被用来欺负、恐吓政治领袖和政界人士。
It had a set of mental shackles to deceive, threaten and intimidate people.
它有一套蒙骗、恐吓、胁迫群众的精神“紧箍咒”。
But whether a whale primarily intends its song to impress females or to intimidate other males with its swanky style remains unclear.
然而,它的主要目的是吸引异性,还是用时髦的风格恐吓其他雄性鲸鱼,我们不得而知。
Palfrey threatened for months to release her client list, which led prosecutors to accuse her of trying to intimidate potential witnesses.
骑用的马威胁月对释放她客户名单,哪一个引导检察官责备她尝试威胁潜能证人。
They have no law to stop you, so they're just trying to intimidate you.
他们用法律阻止不了你,就只有恐吓你了。
Another theory floating around was that Rwandan Hutu extremists in the camps were trying to intimidate other refugees.
另一种流行的推测是难民营中的胡图族极端分子企图恐吓其它难民。
First get rid of his own thorn in the side, and the second is interested in joining the police force to intimidate the ordinary civilians.
其一除掉自己的眼中钉,其二就是恫吓有意加入警察队伍的普通平民。
True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home.
衡量真正领导能力的尺度不是压制异己或恫吓骚扰国内政治反对派的力量。
Red Riding Hood, however, was confident enough in her own budding sexuality that such obvious Freudian imagery did not intimidate her.
可是小红帽青春萌动极其自信,以至于对大森林产生的弗洛伊德式的恐惧心理意象没有吓倒她。
"Meanwhile, if his eyes bore into yours as he's talking, 37 he might be trying to intimidate you. "
演讲导师DianeDiResta《动人的报告》一书作者说,“同时如果他在讲话的时候严厉地盯住你眼睛看,那么37可能是想震慑住你。”
The violence unleashed by the traffickers looked like a co-ordinated attempt to intimidate Mr Cabral into abandoning his plans.
毒品贩子发动的暴力事件,看起来像是两大帮派共谋意图威吓SérgioCabral放弃保安计画。
Courts have refused to hear their case and officials have tried to intimidate a lawyer representing them, the activists say.
消息人士说,法院拒绝受理他们的案件,官员也促使胁迫一名律师为他们做代理。
Mrs Clinton said it was an attempt to intimidate Mr Ford.
克林顿女士说,他们这么做是想威胁福特先生。
When Mr Yao first played in the US, his coach wanted him to intimidate opponents by slam-dunking the ball.
当姚明刚到美国打球时,教练让他用扣篮来震慑对手。
That means we have a stake in working together to solve common problems, rather than trying to browbeat or intimidate the other into action.
那意味着我们有必要合作,共同解决共同的问题,而不是试图恫吓或胁迫另一方的行动。
marketers use their sexiest messages and most popular male models to tempt or intimidate the readership of Men's Health.
商家用他们最为性感的信息和最为流行的男性模特来诱导或胁迫《男性健康》的读者群。
It now, however, seems more likely that this dramatic fin was for show, to intimidate enemies and woo potential mates.
但更新的研究则倾向于认为这个背鳍更多的是用来展示的,其作用包括恐吓敌人,或者吸引异性。
Harry Truman was an indifferent president who needlessly dropped A-bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, designed to intimidate Stalin.
哈里·杜鲁门是个能力不怎么样的总统,就是他在广岛和长崎丢了那两颗可有可无的原子弹,而这只是为了震慑斯大林。
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