intimidation

n. 恐吓，威胁

n.

恫吓，恐吓，胁迫；

英英释义

intimidation[ in,timi'deiʃən ]

n.

the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

同义词：bullying

the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.

the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid

a communication that makes you afraid to try something

同义词：determentdeterrence

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

The defendant complained of intimidation during the investigation.
被告申诉在调查期间受到了恐吓。

The Argument from Intimidation is a confession of intellectual impotence.
来自恐吓的争论是坦承智力无能。

The intimidation of the flood has been released.
洪水的威胁解除了。

Despite the claim for honesty there is use of intimidation or deception on both members and outsiders.
不管其声称其为作为都是正直的，但他用威胁或欺骗的手法对付其成员或外人。

权威例句

intimidation (n.)

1650s, noun of action from intimidate; perhaps modeled on French intimidation.

1. Harassment and intimidation.

骚扰和恐吓。

2. It was rule by fear and intimidation.

他的统治手段是恐惧和恐吓。

3. Observers and opposition parties have complained of fraud and - particularly in the South - of intimidation.

观察员和反对党抱怨本次选举有欺诈，特别是南部地区—恐吓。

4. Laughter can be used to show who is boss and malicious laughter is an effective weapon of intimidation.

笑可以用来表示谁才是老大；一个恶意的笑也可以成为恐吓的有力武器。

5. Giving in to intimidation subverts your ability to lead and negotiate while giving your opponents leverage to use against you.

向恐吓低头只能削弱你领导和谈判的能力，同时也给了对手攻击你的绝好理由。

6. Less American involvement in European security will shift the burden back onto Europeans to manage Russia’s intimidation of its neighbors and solve “frozen conflicts” on Europe’s periphery.

美国减少对欧洲安全的参与，这势必将应付俄罗斯对它邻居的恐吓以及解决欧洲边缘的“冷冲突”的责任转移到欧洲的肩上。

7. I believed that Columbia should take a firm hand and uphold the right to free inquiry without student intimidation.

我相信哥伦比亚应该采取一些强硬措施，维护自由探究的权力不受学生威胁的影响。

8. Black jail guards routinely subject these detainees to abuses including physical violence, theft, extortion, threats, intimidation, and deprivation of food, sleep, and medical care.

黑监狱的警卫常对被拘留者施行身体暴力、盗窃、勒索、虐待、威胁、恐吓, 还剥夺他们的食物、睡眠和医疗。

9. One big advantage of intimidation is that even if I cannot observe how people vote, I can observe whether they vote.

恐吓战术最大的好处就在于，即使我无法知道大家投票给了谁，但至少我能知道他们是否投了票。

10. You don’t have to wait for broken bones or a black eye before you consider it abuse. Yelling, name-calling, intimidation and threats are all forms of abuse.

你不需要非得等到被打到骨折或眼发黑时才认为那是虐待，喊叫，谩骂，威胁和恐吓等都是虐待的表现形式。

11. With less than two weeks to go before Afghanistan holds its presidential election there is continuing concern about intimidation and insecurity.

离阿富汗举行总统选举还有不到两个星期的时间，对恐吓和不安全的关注在继续。

12. For China, however, they are at least on a par with rights like free speech and the right to assemble and to vote without intimidation.

可是对中国来说，他们至少和诸如言论自由权和集会权还有无威胁的投票权一样。

13. Many hospitals had in any case already stopped terminations under pressure from politicians and intimidation by anti-abortion groups.

总之，在政客和反堕胎组织的威胁和压力之下，许多医院已经停止人流手术。

14. This information could lead to arrest, harassment, intimidation or detention of Internet dissidents.

这些信息可能导致网上异见人士遭到逮捕、骚扰、恐吓或拘留。

15. This information could lead to arrest, harassment, intimidation or detention of Internet dissidents.

这些信息可能导致网上异见人士遭到逮捕、骚扰、恐吓或拘留。