intimidate [in'timideit]

英汉解释

vt. 恐吓，威胁；胁迫

同义词

v. restrain

词汇辨析

alarm，frightem，startle，terrify，scare，intimidate
这些动词均有“惊吓、惊恐”之意。

参考例句

1. The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.
那帮歹徒企图恐吓银行经理。
2. Sometimes people feel safer using body language to intimidate or humiliate others.
他们为什么会觉得用肢体语言去羞辱别人更安全呢？
3. However, modernists argue that wigs are a hangover from the past that could intimidate people in court.
然而，现代主义者说假发是过去的遗留物，会恫吓法庭上的人。

英英解释

v.
  1. make timid or fearful
  2. to compel or deter by or as if by threats

网络释义

intimidate
胁迫; 威胁; 威吓; 恐吓;
intimidate into
胁迫; 吓唬; 威胁;
intimidate menace
胁迫;
People who intimidate others
我讨厌;