broached

英 [brəʊtʃt]

美 [broʊtʃt]

v.  开始谈论，引入(尤指令人尴尬或有异议的话题)
broach的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 提出，引入（尤指敏感话题）
  When youbroacha subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.
  1. Eventually I broached the subject of her early life.
     最后我提到了关于她的早年生活的话题。

英英释义

adj

• of a cask or barrel
  1. the cask was set abroach
  Synonym:abroach

双语例句

• On the basis of this tasting, most of these 2004 red Bordeaux should be at their best from about 2011 or 2012 for 10 years or more, although some of the Margaux, graves and Pomerol could be broached sooner.
  依据上述品酒结果，这些2004年酿造的红葡萄酒多数应该最早从2011年或2012年推出10年期或更久的，但玛尔戈、格拉夫和pomerol出产的一些葡萄酒可能会更快推出。
• He said Mr Thain never broached the subject of his own future in the merger discussions.
  他说，塞恩在合并谈判时，从没提到有关他自己前途的话题。
• In particular, it will promote fundamental reform of the international monetary system, a theme Mr Sarkozy broached in his address to the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.
  特别是，它将推动国际货币体系的根本改革。今年1月在达沃斯世界经济论坛上发表讲话时，萨科齐就提出了这一主题。
• Have you broached the subject of the money he owes us?
  昨天我向经理说了这个想法。
• The president returned from the Caribbean on December 16 and broached his plan at his press conference next day.
  总统在12月16日从加勒比海归来，翌日便在记者招待会上说明了他的计划。
• Citic first broached the subject of renegotiating the stake it would take in Bear last November following a precipitous drop in the US bank's shares, according to people familiar with the matter.
  据知情人士介绍，去年11月，在贝尔斯登股价出现骤跌后，中信证券首先提出重新讨论它将在这家美国投行持有的股份。
• Ironically, the EU broached the talks as a way of protecting itself against the trade-diverting effects of the now moribund US-Korea deal.
  具有讽刺意味的是，欧盟之所以启动这些谈判，是因为它想以此来保护自己，免受如今停滞不前的美韩协定可能带来的贸易转移影响。
• When a pencil is sharpened, the pencil needs to be contacted with the cutting edge and broached back and forth along the guiding groove.
  削笔时只要将笔贴在刀刃上，沿导向槽往复拉削即可。
• She brought her breast pump on the airplane every time, but never broached the subject with her colleagues.
  她每次都会带着吸奶器坐飞机，但却从未跟同事提到自己的情况。
• She felt certain that they were continuing the subject already broached, but their voices were so low that she could not catch the words.
  她敢肯定她们还在继续谈论刚才她们已经开始了的话题，不过她们谈话的声音太小，她听不清楚。