单词	pushiness
释义	pushypush‧y /ˈpʊʃi/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Pushy journalists shouted questions from the crowd. A good salesman is polite, enthusiastic, and not too pushy. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A person who writes concise e-mail messages may seem impulsive, opportunistic, pushy, overbearing, foolish, or simply rude. Besides, some heads like to lord it over local parents - particularly over the pushy ones. It sounds pushy, beginning every sentence with a verb like that. She was very pushy, you know. They are materialistic and pushy, motivated by acquisition, competition, and getting ahead. To them, she appeared an interfering busybody, a pushy incomer meddling with their heritage. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorgood at persuading people► persuasive · Like most politicians, she can be very persuasive when she wants to be.· He is a very persuasive speaker. ► forceful able to express your ideas and opinions in a strong, confident way so that you persuade people to agree with you: · a manager with a forceful personality· He can be arrogant and forceful.· Betty Friedan was a forceful advocate of women's rights. ► pushy someone who is pushy annoys people by trying hard to make them do what they want, especially by repeatedly asking them or telling them to do something: · A good salesman is polite, enthusiastic, and not too pushy.· Pushy journalists shouted questions from the crowd. ► smooth-talking a smooth-talking person is usually insincere or dishonest although they have a pleasant, confident way of talking which easily persuades people: · a smooth-talking car salesman· A smooth-talking young man was offering to buy her a drink. ► slick good at persuading people by talking to them in a clever, confident way, but usually insincere or dishonest: · I don't trust her. She's too slick.· He's got a bunch of slick lawyers to get him out of paying the $11 million he owes us. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► too · Mrs Crump was too pushy or too arch. Word family WORD FAMILYnounpushpusherpushinessadjectivepushedpushyverbpush someone who is pushy does everything they can to get what they want from other people – used to show disapproval:  a pushy salesman—pushiness noun [uncountable]
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