英语词汇“browbeat”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

To browbeat is to intimidate with language. Picture yourself in a police station. The cops are trying to get you to talk by using tough, even abusive, language. They are browbeating you.

When someone browbeats you, they're giving you a beating with their mouth and their mind. If your parents have to browbeat you into cleaning your room, they nag you, yell at you and they may even make fun of you and your bad cleaning habits. While the word brow means forehead, think that they're using their head, or brow, to beat you down. It's a figurative, rather than a literal, beating.

WORD FAMILY

browbeat: browbeaten, browbeating, browbeats

USAGE EXAMPLES

But it’s only when Jamal’s father shows up unannounced to browbeat the kid about his gunshot-induced stage fright that the younger Lyon’s pulse skyrockets.

New York Times(Dec 07, 2016)

Ms Sturgeon pledged a listening exercise - not to browbeat opponents of independence but to listen, to evolve their arguments and ultimately to convince.

BBC(Nov 30, 2016)

And I had been so browbeaten, heard I was going to be fired, that they were going to send in an action director.

New York Times(Nov 16, 2016)

1v discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

Syn|Hyper

bully, swagger

blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle

influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

2v be bossy towards

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

ballyrag, boss around, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm

domineer, tyrannise, tyrannize

rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner

intimidate

make timid or fearful

单词	browbeat
释义	browbeat (once / 9256 pages) v To browbeat is to intimidate with language. Picture yourself in a police station. The cops are trying to get you to talk by using tough, even abusive, language. They are browbeating you. When someone browbeats you, they're giving you a beating with their mouth and their mind. If your parents have to browbeat you into cleaning your room, they nag you, yell at you and they may even make fun of you and your bad cleaning habits. While the word brow means forehead, think that they're using their head, or brow, to beat you down. It's a figurative, rather than a literal, beating. WORD FAMILY browbeat: browbeaten, browbeating, browbeats USAGE EXAMPLES But it’s only when Jamal’s father shows up unannounced to browbeat the kid about his gunshot-induced stage fright that the younger Lyon’s pulse skyrockets. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) Ms Sturgeon pledged a listening exercise - not to browbeat opponents of independence but to listen, to evolve their arguments and ultimately to convince. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) And I had been so browbeaten, heard I was going to be fired, that they were going to send in an action director. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1v discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate Syn\|Hyper bully, swagger blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, palaver, sweet-talk, wheedle influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering 2v be bossy towards Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper ballyrag, boss around, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-arm domineer, tyrannise, tyrannize rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner intimidate make timid or fearful
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