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take bull by the horns

/bool/US // bʊl //UK // (bʊl) //

见招拆招,见风使舵,见好就收,见难而上

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the male of a bovine animal, especially of the genus Bos, with sexual organs intact and capable of reproduction.
    • : the male of certain other mammals, as elephants and moose.
    • : a large, solidly built person.
    • : a person who believes that market prices, especially of stocks, will increase.
    • : Bull, Astronomy, Astrology. the constellation or sign of Taurus.
    • : a bulldog.
    • : Slang. a police officer.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : male.
    • : of, relating to, or resembling a bull, as in strength.
    • : having to do with or marked by a continuous trend of rising prices, as of stocks: a bull market.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Stock Exchange. to attempt to raise the price of.
    • : to speculate in, in expectation of a rise in price.
    • : to force; shove: to bull one's way through a crowd.
    • : Nautical. to ram.

Phrases

  • bull in a china shop
  • bull session
  • cock and bull story
  • hit the bull's-eye
  • shoot the breeze (bull)
  • take the bull by the horns

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
allow允许,容许,让,准许challenge挑战,挑战赛,挑战性,难题confront对抗,对峙,对付,应对deal with处理,处理问题,处理的问题,对付encounter遭遇,遇到,邂逅,遇到了endure经受住了,忍受,忍耐,忍受着experience经验,体验,阅历,经历fight斗争,争取,战斗,争斗meet满足,遇见,遇到,迎接oppose反对,反对派,反对的,反对者risk风险,危险,危险性,风险提示run into碰上,碰见,碰到,遇到suffer遭受,受到影响,遭,受到影响的take采纳,采纳了abide恪守,忍受,停留,持续accost讪笑,讪谤,讪骗,讪讪的affront侮辱,冒犯,辱骂,冒犯行为bear承担,忍受,负担,担当beard胡子,胡须,大胡子,髯须brace撑腰,绷带,撑起,撑brave勇敢的,勇敢的人,勇敢地,勇敢brook小河,小溪,溪流,小溪流contend争论,争夺,争辩,争取countenance长相,容貌,颜面,眉目court法庭,法院,法庭上,法庭上的cross十字架,十字,十字路口,十字形dare敢于,大胆,敢,敢于担当defy违抗,无视,蔑视,藐视eyeball眼球,眼珠子,眼睛,眼珠resist抵制,抗拒,抗争,抵抗stand站在,站立,站,站起来stomach胃,肚子,胃部,腹部submit提交,递交,呈交,呈报sustain维持,保持,持续,持续的swallow燕子,吞下,吞咽,吞食tolerate忍受,容忍,忍耐,忍受着venture创业,冒险,风险,风险投资withstand忍受着,忍受,忍受住了,忍受住be confronted by面临的是,面临着,面临,面对的是cope with因应,应付,处理,应付付fly in face of顶撞,顶撞他人,顶撞别人,不顾一切go up against对抗,对付,违背,违抗grapple with捉住,揪住,纠缠,擒住make a stand表态,立场,抗争,立正square off争吵,对峙,拳脚相向take it拿去吧,拿去,拿着,拿着它take on承担,对付,担当,承担起take the bull by the horns见招拆招,迎难而上,顶住压力,见风使舵tell off说出,说,说谎,说话
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Examples

  • We’ve known for some time that Big Tech is carrying the water in this bull run.

  • Despite their complexity, amateur investors have been quick to glom onto options during bull markets, viewing them as a way to bet that a given stock will go higher.

  • While classics like Bloody Marys, micheladas, and bull shots may be the first that come to mind, these days they aren’t the only cocktails to include a touch of saline.

  • “We don’t believe the bull market is going to end any time soon, but a healthy pullback or even a correction is part of all bull markets,” Chris Zaccarelli, chief investment officer at Independent Advisor Alliance, wrote in a note Thursday.

  • In short, August’s un-August-like performance is adding uncertainty to the tech bull rally.

  • Yes, the minor-league baseball player memorably portrayed by Kevin Costner in Bull Durham.

  • He also said police intend to put their beloved family pet, a Staffordshire bull terrier named Excalibur, to sleep.

  • Biden made many visits to Baghdad and no doubt get fed a load of bull about inclusion on each one.

  • Like at Bull Run, when I am in the presence of those old family letters, I am transported.

  • A stoic figure in a white floor length dress and razor-tailored bodice was accessorized with a giant bull skull as a mask.

  • The well-known "cock and bull" stories of small children are inspired by this love of strong effect.

  • I thought this young man was going to read us some of his poetry; it's too tiresome of him to stop to tell us about his bull-dog.

  • And I, for one, absolutely decline to believe in this preposterous story of his about a bull-dog.

  • Tom leaped on one side; the buffalo-bull turned short round and made another dash at him.

  • Some who would face a mad bull coolly enough spring with disgust from a cockroach or a centipede.