| 释义 |
pushy, a. colloq. (orig. U.S.).|ˈpʊʃɪ|
[f. push n.1 or v. + -y1.]
Unpleasantly forward or self-assertive; aggressive.
1936M. Mitchell Gone with Wind viii. 142 It [sc. Atlanta] had nothing whatever to recommend it—only its railroads and a bunch of mighty pushy people... Restless, energetic people from the older sections of Georgia. 1959T. Griffith Waist-High Culture xi. 148 The more talented..can be counted on to disqualify themselves further by seeming too pushy. 1963M. Beadle These Ruins are Inhabited xii. 187 A retired-colonel type..would..turn and glare because you were being pushy. 1969New Yorker 14 June 44/2 His speaking style..sounds pushy. If I'm in a bad mood, it bugs me. 1971Nature 20 Aug. 510/2 Is it..that pushy polytechnics will in future be encouraged to usurp the position of the weaker universities in the academic pecking order? 1972M. Babson Murder on Show vi. 71, I don't mean to be pushy... I just thought one had a duty as a citizen. 1979N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Oct. 49/1 He faced the rise to autonomous power during the war of pushy new groups—generals, industrial managers, the secret police. 1980Times 29 Feb. 13 The poor dancers gibber earnestly through its minimal dance content, pushy violence and unmotivated antics. |