单词 | arm-twisting |
释义 | arm-twisting (once / 88204 pages) n WORD FAMILY arm-twisting USAGE EXAMPLESTrump brags about “saving” Midwestern blue-collar jobs through a combination of bribery and arm-twisting. Washington Post(Dec 09, 2016) “This is not a function of pressure or arm-twisting. Prime Minister Netanyahu has made it clear that this is his goal.” New York Times(Nov 14, 2016) Finally, he took mercy on Johnson by applying an arm-twisting kimura lock, which gave Johnson an opportunity to concede honorably, ending the beating. The New Yorker(Nov 14, 2016) n persuasion by the use of direct personal pressure some gentle arm-twisting produced the desired result no amount of arm-twisting will get me to agree Hyper persuasion, suasion the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action |
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