browbeat
UK/'brajbi:t/US
GREC2
Definitions
v.
To intimidate or pressure someone with a stern, overbearing manner
威吓，用气势压人，逼迫
Root Breakdown
Native Englishbrow ('eyebrow') + beat = to 'beat down' someone with stern looks — to intimidate by force of manner rather than fists. The blow is psychological. Common pattern: 'browbeat someone into doing something.'
Root beat still carries 6 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.browbeat into逼……就范
- 2.browbeat someone威吓某人
- 3.be browbeaten被逼迫
Example Sentences
- 1.
He tried to browbeat the witness into changing her story.
- 2.
They were browbeaten into signing the contract.