Intimidate

(verb.) make timid or fearful; 'Her boss intimidates her'.

(verb.) to compel or deter by or as if by threats.

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• They were trying to intimidate him--to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Few things shook me now; few things had importance to vex, intimidate, or depress me: most things pleased--mere trifles had a charm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Though those complaints produced no act of parliament, they had probably intimidated the company so far, as to oblige them to reform their conduct. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• I am not to be intimidated into anything so wholly unreasonable. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I now stood in the empty hall; before me was the breakfast-room door, and I stopped, intimidated and trembling. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• This was stiffly resisted, the British crown was intimidated, and the Stamp Acts were repealed (1766). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun's perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness of manner, said of her: 'She is a smart woman. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• And the trunk, intimidated, doubtless, by this resolute statement, gave in. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

编辑:莎蒂