overawe

overawe读音音标

英[ˌəʊvərˈɔ:]

美[ˌoʊvərˈɔ]

基本意思释义

vt.吓倒，吓住

词性变化

第三人称单数:overawes;

过去式:overawed;

过去分词:overawed;

现在分词:overawing;

形容词:overawed;

短语及实用例句

Don\'t be overawed by people in authority, however important they are...

不管当官儿的职权有多大，都不要被他们吓倒。

He\'s never been overawed or intimidated by big occasions.

各种大场合都没让他犯过憷。

Truth does not strike a pose to overawe people but talks and acts honestly and sincerely.

凡真理都不装样子吓人,它只是老老实实地说下去和做下去.

期刊摘选

The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.

整个市中心区有着一种高傲的神气,好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安.

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英英释义

Verb

1. subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)