intimidate

intimidate音标

英 [ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt]

美 [ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdet]

intimidate基本释义

vt.胁迫；威胁；恐吓

intimidate用法及例句

v.(动词)

胁迫， 威胁

恫吓，威吓 ，吓唬，吓走，恐吓

威逼某人做某事

镇住

使胆怯，使害怕

使人望而生畏

v.(动词)

vt. & vi. 恐吓,威胁 frighten, especially by making threats

verb

1. make timid or fearful

e.g. Her boss intimidates her

2. to compel or deter by or as if by threats

Synonym: restrain

1. 恫吓;恐吓;威胁If you intimidate someone, you deliberately make them frightened enough to do what you want them to do.

e.g. Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul...琼斯开始恐吓并控制保罗。e.g. Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.胁迫人们为执**投票的企图没有成功。

1. 威胁：范兰钦事件是*标准的例子,福佬人挟持大于70%的庞大选票来扭曲法理正义,并且经常公然聚集地痞流氓来威胁(intimidate)反对者,令所有的*客、记者和名嘴们低头.

2. 胁迫：至少持有斗士奖励特技(Fighter Bonus Feats)中的任何两种,你不一定是以斗士的身表演(Perform)或者胁迫(Intimidate):4级(因为群众特别喜欢观看有吸引力或者出完全防御动作(all-out defense action)的话,你在面对近身攻击你的对手时将获,

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

恫吓某人使之做某事 frighten sb in order to make him do sthintimidate sb into sth/v-ing

The criminal intimidated the witness into silence.

犯罪分子恐吓目击证人保持缄默。

The salesman intimidated the old lady into signing the paper by threatening to take away the goods.

那个推销员以拿走货物来要挟那个老太太要她在票据上签字。

They tried to intimidate him into doing what they wanted.

他们试图胁迫他,让他按他们的要求去做。

The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police.

窃贼把那个男孩吓得不敢报警。

They were intimidated into giving him the money.

他们被吓得把钱交给了他。

用作动词(v.)

The gang tried to intimidate the merchant.犯罪团伙想恐吓这位商人。

The robber tried to intimidate the bank manager.抢劫犯企图威吓银行经理。

1

The child was intimidated by the fury of the storm.这孩子被狂怒的风暴吓住了。

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

intimidate the bank manager恐吓银行经理

intimidate the merchant恐吓这位商人

intimidate a witness恐吓证人

～+副词

intimidate ferociously凶恶地恐吓

intimidate formidably令人生畏地恐吓

～+介词

intimidate the children by shouting叫嚷着吓唬孩子

intimidate the boy into giving the money恐吓男孩把钱交出来

intimidate sb into submission胁迫某人屈服

intimidate sb with threats以恐吓威胁某人

They permit themselves to be..bullied and intimidated and bribed by their more aggressive neighbours.

出自：M. Mead

She was intimidated by the achievements of Austen, Meredith, and Hardy.

出自：L. Gordon

词语用法

词义讲解

v.(动词)

intimidate的基本意思是“恐吓”“威胁”,即恐吓、威胁某人或恐吓、威胁某人使之做某事。

intimidate是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,接介词into时,表示恐吓某人使之做某事。

v.(动词)

intimidate, bulldoze, bully

这组词都有“威逼”的意思。它们的区别是:intimidate是指显示武力或提出要使用武力的恐吓方式使对方感到恐惧而随后表示屈服; bulldoze是指用威胁或恐吓来压服对方的反抗; bully是指盛气凌人地欺负弱者。

近义词

临近词

coerce强制

menace威胁

thunder雷

scare受惊吓

overawe威慑

threaten威胁

alarm警报

terrify使害怕

prey牺牲者

frighten使惊吓

terrorize令人恐怖

cow母牛

harass使疲乏

put off不安

browbeat威吓

bully欺凌弱小者

trample踩踏

daunt使 ... 胆怯

startle（使）吃惊

restrain抑制

intimidate and threaten by force

Intimidate sb. into doing sth.

intimidate someone into sth

intimidate a witness

Intimidate sb.into doing sth.

Intimidate somebody into doing something.

into

intimate

相关列句

But this doesn't intimidate him; he doesn't even seem aware that he's being observed.(但是这些都吓不到他；他似乎根本没意识到自己正被观察着。)

Bob intimidate the witness into silence.(鲍勃威胁证人保持沉默。)

And those like Hassan who are linked to foreign journalists are targeted, to intimidate them into silence.(那些同哈桑一样与外国记者有联系的人都成为您的目标，威吓他们沉默。)

Attempts to intimidate her failed.(威胁她的企图失败了。)

However, modernists argue that wigs are a hangover from the past that could intimidate people in court.(然而，现代主义者认为假发是过去的遗留，是用来恫吓出庭人的。)

The gang tried to intimidate the merchant.(犯罪团伙想恐吓这位商人。)

The purpose of the bombing of Guernica was to terrorize and intimidate the Basque population.(轰炸格尔·尼卡的目的是恐吓和震慑巴斯克地区的人民。)

Driver: No, you intimidate them.(不，你让他们压力很大。)

Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul.(琼斯曾试图威胁并控制保罗。)

Do not let the math jargon intimidate you.(可别让这些数学术语把你吓倒。)