intimidate

英 [ɪn'tɪmɪdeɪt] 美 [ɪn'tɪmɪdeɪt]

• vt. 胁迫；威胁；恐吓

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 恐吓,威胁

   frighten, especially by making threats

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 胁迫， 威胁
2. 恫吓，威吓 ，吓唬，吓走，恐吓
3. 威逼某人做某事
4. 镇住
5. 使胆怯，使害怕
6. 使人望而生畏

英英释义

Verb:

1. make timid or fearful;

   "Her boss intimidates her"
   

2. to compel or deter by or as if by threats

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Nobody was going to intimidate them.
   没有人能胁迫他们。
2. He was intimidated into silence.
   他吓得不敢作声。
3. Bob intimidate the witness into silence.
   鲍勃威胁证人保持沉默。
4. Your sons don't intimidate me. And neither do you.
   你的儿子们威胁不了我,你也一样。
5. The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.
   那帮歹徒企图恐吓银行经理。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The gang tried to intimidate the merchant.
   犯罪团伙想恐吓这位商人。
2. The robber tried to intimidate the bank manager.
   抢劫犯企图威吓银行经理。
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3. The child was intimidated by the fury of the storm.
   这孩子被狂怒的风暴吓住了。

经典引文

• They permit themselves to be..bullied and intimidated and bribed by their more aggressive neighbours.

  出自： M. Mead

• She was intimidated by the achievements of Austen, Meredith, and Hardy.

  出自： L. Gordon

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

intimidate into (v.+prep.)

恫吓某人使之做某事 frighten sb in order to make him do sth
intimidate sb into sth/v-ing
The criminal intimidated the witness into silence.

犯罪分子恐吓目击证人保持缄默。
The salesman intimidated the old lady into signing the paper by threatening to take away the goods.

那个推销员以拿走货物来要挟那个老太太要她在票据上签字。
They tried to intimidate him into doing what they wanted.

他们试图胁迫他,让他按他们的要求去做。
The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police.

窃贼把那个男孩吓得不敢报警。
They were intimidated into giving him the money.

他们被吓得把钱交给了他。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• intimidate the bank manager 恐吓银行经理
• intimidate the merchant 恐吓这位商人
• intimidate a witness 恐吓证人

～+副词

• intimidate ferociously 凶恶地恐吓
• intimidate formidably 令人生畏地恐吓

～+介词

• intimidate the children by shouting 叫嚷着吓唬孩子
• intimidate the boy into giving the money 恐吓男孩把钱交出来
• intimidate sb into submission 胁迫某人屈服
• intimidate sb with threats 以恐吓威胁某人

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. intimidate的基本意思是“恐吓”“威胁”,即恐吓、威胁某人或恐吓、威胁某人使之做某事。
2. intimidate是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,接介词into时,表示恐吓某人使之做某事。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

intimidate, bulldoze, bully

• 这组词都有“威逼”的意思。它们的区别是:intimidate是指显示武力或提出要使用武力的恐吓方式使对方感到恐惧而随后表示屈服; bulldoze是指用威胁或恐吓来压服对方的反抗; bully是指盛气凌人地欺负弱者。

alarm，frighten，startle，terrify，scare，intimidate

• 这些动词均有“惊吓、惊恐”之意。
• alarm着重指某人意识到危险而突然产生的惊恐。
• frighten普通用词，使用广泛，指产生突然、短暂的惊慌、恐怖感。
• startle强调突然使人惊骇或震惊。
• terrify语气最强，指惊骇得六神无主，魂飞魄散。
• scare指非正式文体中可与frighten换用，但语气较重，侧重人受惊吓后立即停下正在干的事或跑掉。
• intimidate特指恐吓某人，迫使其做某事。

近反义词

【近义词】

• frighten 使惊吓
• threaten 威胁
• bully 欺凌弱小者
• terrorize 令人恐怖
• browbeat 威吓
• scare 受惊吓
• cow 母牛
• harass 使疲乏
• menace 威胁
• terrify 使害怕
• alarm 警报
• coerce 强制
• overawe 威慑
• daunt 使 ... 胆怯
• put off 不安
• thunder 雷
• trample 踩踏
• prey 牺牲者
• restrain 抑制
• startle （使）吃惊