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intimidate

/in-tim-i-deyt/US // ɪnˈtɪm ɪˌdeɪt //UK // (ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt) //

恫吓,恐吓,吓唬人,吓唬

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing.

    • : to make timid; fill with fear.
    • : to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
    • : to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear: to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbfrighten, threaten
Forms: intimidated, intimidates, intimidating
Synonyms
alarm警报,报警,惊动,闹钟appall惊慌失措,惊恐万状,惊恐,惊骇awe敬畏,威严,使人敬畏,威风凛凛bully恶霸,恃强凌弱,欺负人,欺凌coerce胁迫,逼迫,迫胁,迫害constrain约束力,约束,拘束,限制daunt艰辛,艰巨,畏惧,艰巨的dishearten沮丧,沮丧的,厌烦,沮丧的人dismay惊愕,惊恐,惊恐不安,错愕scare吓唬人,吓人,惊吓,吓唬人的subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服terrify吓唬人,惊吓,吓坏了,吓唬人的terrorize恐吓,吓唬人,吓唬人的,吓唬badger獾子,獾,獾獾,狗獾bait诱饵,饵料,饵,鱼饵bludgeon打棍子,打击,棍棒,拍打bluster虚张声势,唬人,耀武扬威browbeat殴打,抨击,敲打,敲打声buffalo水牛,水牛城,水牛奶,水牛市bulldoze推土机,推平,推土,推倒chill寒冷的,寒冷,寒意,寒气compel强制,强迫,强制要求,迫使cow牛,奶牛,牛类,牛只dispirit精神,魂魄,魂飞魄散,消极disquiet忧虑,烦躁不安,焦虑,不安dragoon龙的故事enforce强制执行,执行,强制实施,强制实行force力量,力,权力,力度hound猎犬,猎狗,走狗,走猎犬oblige强迫,义务,强迫性,迫使overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾ride乘坐,骑车,骑马,驾ruffle褶边,围脖,褶皱,围裙spook幽灵,惊吓,惊魂,诡异strong-arm强大的武器,强壮的臂膀,强大的武装力量,强壮的手臂bowl over碗里的食物lean on倚靠,拄着,倚赖,倚仗push around推来推去,推推搡搡,推来推去的,推推攘攘showboat帆船,帆船表演,秀水湾,帆船赛twist someone's arm拽住别人的胳膊,拽住别人的手臂,拽住别人的手

Examples

  • They said in an interview that guards and inmates had been making intimidating comments to her following her accusations and that she felt unsafe.

  • In the past six months, Eknelygoda’s wife, Sandya, said she believed witnesses in the case were being intimidated, and threats to her and surveillance of her family had increased.

  • Keep immigrants feeling unwelcome, keep them afraid, keep them intimidated, and keep them away from knowing and asserting their rights, including their right to vote.

  • Cops, for instance, couldn’t intimidate a witness, lie in the course of an investigation or participate in a law enforcement gang with “a pattern of rogue on-duty behavior.”

  • They are easily intimidated and remain silent for fear of retaliation, fear of losing their jobs, fear that nobody will listen or believe them.

  • And nowadays, politicians and CEOs frequently employ the color to command respect and intimidate.

  • When ISIS beheaded an American journalist, it meant to intimidate—and provoke—the United States.

  • One pilot friend in Zwara pointed out that just “two Apaches,” attack helicopters, would intimidate the militias into a ceasefire.

  • On Sunday, Iroquois defenders used them to intimidate and pummel Canadians in a second-half surge.

  • You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population.

  • On one occasion a noted professional duellist thought that he could intimidate him.

  • Were these figures going to the enemy Chief they might intimidate him—coming here they alarm me.

  • To intimidate them, Dunmore issued proclamations, and threatened freeing the slaves against their masters.

  • She had a faint hope that the room might intimidate this Western girl, but instead of intimidation there was exultation.

  • They were trying to intimidate him—to make him flinch; each was urging the other on to some immediate act of personal violence.