英语词汇“to lean on”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. to lean on (someone): to put pressure on (a person) in order to extract something from him or force him to do something against his will (see also quot. 1960).

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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > pressurize

to put (also bring, exert) pressure on1853

squeeze1888

pressure1911

high-pressure1925

to put the lug on1929

to put the squeeze on1941

pressurize1945

to turn the heat on1957

to lean on1960

1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 315/1 Lean against, lean on... 2. To beat up someone; to threaten to beat up someone or a member of one's family in order to get information, to persuade someone to suppress information, or to extort money; to act or be tough with someone; to coerce.

1965 J. Porter Dover Three xv. 168 If you start leaning on her and you don't make the poison-pen business stick good and proper, she'll crucify you!

1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds vii. 126 I'm going to lean on him until I get to know that contact.

1967 J. Morgan Involved 51 You were too much tonight..the way you leaned on Tuttles, that was really something.

1972 J. Brown Chancer vii. 101 Sandy Crump had been naughty, not telling me about Shag... I'd have to lean on him harder.

1975 N.Y. Times 3 Feb. 6/2 ‘An Attorney General would resign too if he thought he was being leaned on by the Prime Minister or senior ministers on a pending prosecution,’ a former Attorney General said.

单词	to lean on
释义	> as lemmas to lean on d. to lean on (someone): to put pressure on (a person) in order to extract something from him or force him to do something against his will (see also quot. 1960). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > persuade (a person) [verb (transitive)] > pressurize to put (also bring, exert) pressure on1853 squeeze1888 pressure1911 high-pressure1925 to put the lug on1929 to put the squeeze on1941 pressurize1945 to turn the heat on1957 to lean on1960 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 315/1 Lean against, lean on... 2. To beat up someone; to threaten to beat up someone or a member of one's family in order to get information, to persuade someone to suppress information, or to extort money; to act or be tough with someone; to coerce. 1965 J. Porter Dover Three xv. 168 If you start leaning on her and you don't make the poison-pen business stick good and proper, she'll crucify you! 1967 K. Giles Death in Diamonds vii. 126 I'm going to lean on him until I get to know that contact. 1967 J. Morgan Involved 51 You were too much tonight..the way you leaned on Tuttles, that was really something. 1972 J. Brown Chancer vii. 101 Sandy Crump had been naughty, not telling me about Shag... I'd have to lean on him harder. 1975 N.Y. Times 3 Feb. 6/2 ‘An Attorney General would resign too if he thought he was being leaned on by the Prime Minister or senior ministers on a pending prosecution,’ a former Attorney General said. extracted from leanv.¹ < as lemmas
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