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P0674100 (po͝osh)v. pushed, push·ing, push·es v.tr.1. a. To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it: pushed the door but couldn't budge it.b. To move (something) by exerting force against it; thrust or shove: pushed the crate aside.c. To exert downward pressure on (a button or keyboard, for example); press.2. To force (one's way): We pushed our way through the crowd.3. To urge forward or urge insistently; pressure: pushed him to study harder.4. To extend or enlarge: pushed sales into the millions.5. Informal To approach in age: is pushing 40 and still hasn't settled down.6. a. Informal To promote or sell (a product): The author pushed her latest book by making appearances in bookstores.b. Slang To sell (a narcotic) illegally: push drugs.7. Sports To hit (a ball) in the direction toward the dominant hand of the player propelling it, as to the right of a right-handed player.v.intr.1. To exert pressure or force against something: winds pushing against the sail.2. To advance despite difficulty or opposition; press forward: The regiment pushed toward the front line.3. To advocate or recommend something insistently: pushed for a change in leadership.4. To expend great or vigorous effort: pushed to finish his paper by the deadline.n.1. a. The act of pushing; a thrust: gave the door a push.b. The act of pressing: with a push of the button.2. A vigorous or insistent effort toward an end; a drive: a push to reform health care.3. A provocation to action; a stimulus: has artistic talent but needs a push to get started.4. Informal Persevering energy; enterprise: doesn't have the push to get the job done.Phrasal Verbs: push around Informal To treat or threaten to treat roughly; intimidate. push off Informal To set out; depart: The infantry patrol pushed off before dawn. push on To continue or proceed along one's way: The path was barely visible, but we pushed on.Idioms: push paper Informal To have one's time taken up by administrative, often seemingly petty, paperwork: spent the afternoon pushing paper for the boss. push up daisies Slang To be dead and buried: a cemetery of heroes pushing up daisies. when/if push comes to shove At a point when the situation must be confronted and dealt with: When push comes to shove, we'll have to move to a cheaper place.

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[Middle English pushen, from Old French pousser, from Latin pulsāre, frequentative of pellere, to strike, push; see pel- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: push, propel, shove, thrust
These verbs mean to press against something in order to move it forward or aside: push a baby carriage; wind propelling a sailboat; shove a tray across a table; thrust the package into her hand.Antonym: pull

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push around - be bossy towards; "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, strong-armintimidate - make timid or fearful; "Her boss intimidates her"domineer, tyrannise, tyrannize - rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"

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欺侮

push

(puʃ) verb1. to press against something, in order to (try to) move it further away. He pushed the door open; She pushed him away; He pushed against the door with his shoulder; The queue can't move any faster, so stop pushing!; I had a good view of the race till someone pushed in front of me. 推 推2. to try to make (someone) do something; to urge on, especially foolishly. She pushed him into applying for the job. 促使，逼迫(某人做某事) 促使，逼迫（某人做某事） 3. to sell (drugs) illegally. 非法販賣(毒品) 非法贩卖（毒品） noun1. a movement of pressure against something; a thrust. She gave him a push. 推進 推进2. energy and determination. He has enough push to do well in his job. 勁頭，決心 劲头，决心 ˈpush-bike noun a bicycle that does not have a motor. 腳踏車 (區別於機動腳踏兩用車) 自行车（区别于机动脚踏两用车） ˈpush-chair noun , 1. (American stroller) a small wheeled chair for a child, pushed by its mother etc. 嬰兒手推車 婴儿手推车2. (also kick-sled) a push-chair on runners (used on snowy ground). 架在兩根金屬條上的雪橇椅 架在两根金属条上的雪橇椅ˈpushover noun a person or team etc who can be easily persuaded or influenced or defeated. He will not give in to pressure – he is not a pushover; We won the game so easily – it was a real pushover. 容易擊敗的人或對手，容易受影響的人 容易打败的对手，易于控制的人 be pushed for to be short of; not to have enough of. I'm a bit pushed for time. 缺少，不夠 缺少，不够 push around to treat roughly. He pushes his younger brother around. 欺侮 欺侮push off to go away. I wish you'd push off! 走開 走开push on to go on; to continue. Push on with your work. 繼續下去 继续下去push over to cause to fall; to knock down. He pushed me over. 擊倒 击倒