intimidation
英 [ɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən]
美 [ɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən]
n. 恫吓，威胁
BNC.11881 / COCA.9693
柯林斯词典
- VERB 恫吓;恐吓;威胁
If youintimidatesomeone, you deliberately make them frightened enough to do what you want them to do.- Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul...
琼斯开始恐吓并控制保罗。 - Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.
胁迫人们为执政党投票的企图没有成功。
- Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul...
英英释义
noun
- the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
- a communication that makes you afraid to try something
- the feeling of being intimidated
- the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.
双语例句
- They experience humiliation, intimidation and hints that they should quit.
他们会遭遇侮辱、恐吓以及他们应当辞职的暗示。 - There will be no threats and intimidation.
我们不会采取威胁和恫吓的手段。 - Specifically, the self-promotion and intimidation strategies were positively related to anxiety and insomnia;
自我推销和威胁策略与焦虑失眠呈正相关； - They also were subjected to violence and intimidation and denied equal protection by the courts.
更糟糕的是，他们时常遭到暴力恐吓，法庭却拒绝给予他们同等的保护。 - I refuse to give in to intimidation.
我拒绝向威胁屈服。 - The country was an artificial construct held together by force and intimidation for more than 70 years.
这个国家是靠武力和恐吓维系达七十余年的人治政权。 - Invulnerable to fear or intimidation.
对恐怖或者胁迫无所畏惧。 - If you lead through intimidation, then that's not leadership, or if you lead through fear.
如果你通过恐吓来领导，那这就不是领导力，或者通过引起他人恐惧也不算。 - These heavy-handed intimidation and harassment tactics are completely unacceptable and are a tarnish to your government's reputation.
这种严厉的恐吓和骚扰战术是完全不能接受的，并损害了你的政府的声誉。 - The argument raged on and on; the intimidation was obviously carefully planned.
争论激烈地进行下去；恫吓显然是经过精心策划的。