domineer
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:
I wouldn't work for someone who tries to domineer over everyone as mr, Smith does.
像史密斯那种总想支配别人的人,我不愿为他作事。
Domineer over boys younger than oneself.
对比自己小的男孩做出一副盛气凌人的样子。
The right to education of the minors, women, ethnic minorities, the handicapped and the poverty-stricken people should be protected. Only a foolish man allows his wife to domineer him, whereas a wise woman, respects the wishes of her husband
保障未成年人、妇女、少数民族、残疾人和贫困人口等的教育权利。疾人畏妇,贤女敬夫
It pleased me to domineer over her, and she generally submitted to my tyranny rather than risk a hand-to-hand encounter.
在她面前发号施令让我感到高兴。在通常情况下,她总是迁就于我的蛮横和专制,而且不会冒险同我作正面冲突。