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pushover

/poosh-oh-ver/US // ˈpʊʃˌoʊ vər //UK // (ˈpʊʃˌəʊvə) //

推动者,逼迫者,促成者,逼迫

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Informal. anything done easily.
    • : Informal. an easily defeated person or team.
    • : Informal. a person who is easily persuaded, influenced, or seduced.
    • : Rocketry. a displacement in a horizontal direction of the trajectory of a missile or rocket.
    • : Aeronautics. push-down.

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Examples

  • It should be noted that Jackson was not a complete pushover: he put many students on report, and placed some of them in arrest.

  • New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has jeered at Obama as "President Pushover."

  • And no wonder they despise Obama, who they view as a weakling, a loser, and a pushover.

  • Assad is no pushover and is not hesitant to use force to maintain his position in power—as his brutal assault on Homs shows.

  • How did the president, a noted card player, get pegged as a pushover?

  • Of course, him having been places and seen and done things, I was a pushover for him.

  • But Frank Brooks wasn't full of knockout drops this time, and with a clear head he was no pushover.

  • This takin' charge of babies ain't no sech pushover as it looks.