bully
单词辨析:
尤指以大欺小、恃强凌弱,或是通过施加压力迫使别人做某事,作后者解时,常与介词 into 连用。
Naughty boys often bully girls at school.
在学校里,淘气的男生常欺负女生。
He was bullied into telling lies to her.
他被迫对她说谎。
指通过威胁或争吵强迫某人做某事,常与介词 into 连用。
I won't let myself be bludgeoned into telling them her secrets.
我不会在他们的胁迫下透露她的秘密。
指通过威胁使某人做某事,通常用被动语态,且常与介词 into 连用。
The protesters should not be cowed into submission by the police.
示威者不应该屈服于警察的威胁。
指专横霸道、盛气凌人,常后接介词 over。
My boss tried to domineer over me.
我的老板试图对我作威作福。
He domineered over his inferiors.
他对下级盛气凌人。
相关例句:
He is a local bully.
他在乡下歪得很。
The bully punched the young lad in the back, who turned round and paid him back with interest by knocking him out.
那暴徒对着年轻小伙子的背猛击一拳,而那小伙子转过身去加倍回击,将他击倒。
Do not bully widows and widowers.
不侮鳏寡。(《左传》)
Damn you! I am not going to let you bully me.
你这个混蛋!我决不让你欺负我。
He was a bully. He tried to frighten people into doing what he wanted.
他恃强欺弱,总是想吓得人们按他的意愿做事。
He's a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood.
他是一个懦夫,一个分不清蛮力和大丈夫气概的恃强凌弱者。