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单词 pushover
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Definition of pushover in English:

pushover

noun ˈpʊʃəʊvəˈpʊʃˌoʊvər
  • 1informal A person who is easy to overcome or influence.

    Colonel Moore was benevolent but no pushover
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It doesn't help that she looks like a complete pushover, her heart-shaped face, blue eyes and perfect Cupid's-bow mouth radiating sweetness and light.
    • Clark knew that UVic would be anything but pushovers.
    • Cook, however, reckons the Panthers will be no pushovers.
    • ‘The guys know they're no pushovers, but I knew that already, because Scotland always seemed to beat Ireland,’ Joyce confirms.
    • OK, the visitors are no pushovers, as seen from their second placing in the group and the Germans have not been playing well.
    • Most had fresh bruises, which he himself no doubt had inflicted, and looked to be even easier pushovers than before.
    • Yet Jacques Santini's side, coming off a 1-0 victory in Istanbul, are unlikely to be pushovers.
    • No climate of mutual respect will be fostered if the Federation is nothing more than a pushover ready to do the administration's bidding whenever asked.
    • We had set off without lunch, so we were pushovers.
    • But manager Martin Eede knows Folkestone will be no pushovers.
    • Though they have slipped back in recent years the girls from Model County are far from pushovers and should not be taken for granted.
    • Her cute, pixie looks will fool many into believing Veronica is a pushover.
    • But there are no pushovers and every team will raise their game when they play us, so we have to make sure we are ready for that.
    • And Nigeria will be no pushovers either, but if you were to talk to the two players in the dressing room they feel that they'll make it through.
    • It also shows how exciting the whole tournament is, and Italy are no pushovers now.
    • It's tempting to dismiss them altogether as pushovers, but I also sympathize with their outsider pathos.
    • The standard line, true or not, is that grand juries are such pushovers that a good DA can get an indictment against a ham sandwich.
    • Bristol hadn't been defeated in their previous three away matches, so they were never going to be pushovers.
    • Equally, we know that St Mirren will be no pushovers.
    • Punters swapped pints for pushovers to raise more than £1, 400 for the Royal British Legion Steve Roberts Challenge.
    Synonyms
    weakling, not a force to be reckoned with, feeble opponent, unworthy opponent, man of straw
    easy meat, easy game
    informal soft/easy touch, easy mark
    1. 1.1 A thing that is very easily done.
      this is going to be a pushover
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For certain, this match against Scotland is not a pushover despite the fact that they have yet to win a match in the tournament.
      • Compared to sprawl, an expressway is a pushover.
      Synonyms
      easy task, easy job, five-finger exercise, gift, walkover, sinecure, gravy train
      child's play, nothing
      informal doddle, walk in the park, piece of cake, picnic, money for old rope, money for jam, cinch, breeze, sitter, kids' stuff, cushy job/number, doss, cakewalk
      North American informal duck soup, snap
      Australian/New Zealand informal bludge, snack
      South African informal a piece of old tackie
      British vulgar slang a piece of piss
      dated snip
  • 2Rugby
    A try in which one side in a scrum pushes the ball over the opponents' goal line.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • England went for the pushover try to kill the game.
    • Stockport started the second half stronger and were rewarded with a pushover try which was converted from underneath the posts to make the score 7-12.
    • However, they were rewarded soon after as Brook touched down a pushover from ten metres.
    • Almost on the stroke of half-time the home side took the lead with a pushover try which was superbly converted.
    • A pushover try scored from a scrum 15 metres out was next to make it 36-10.
 
 

Definition of pushover in US English:

pushover

nounˈpʊʃˌoʊvərˈpo͝oSHˌōvər
informal
  • 1A person who is easy to overcome or influence.

    Colonel Moore was benevolent but no pushover
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Punters swapped pints for pushovers to raise more than £1, 400 for the Royal British Legion Steve Roberts Challenge.
    • It doesn't help that she looks like a complete pushover, her heart-shaped face, blue eyes and perfect Cupid's-bow mouth radiating sweetness and light.
    • Most had fresh bruises, which he himself no doubt had inflicted, and looked to be even easier pushovers than before.
    • But manager Martin Eede knows Folkestone will be no pushovers.
    • ‘The guys know they're no pushovers, but I knew that already, because Scotland always seemed to beat Ireland,’ Joyce confirms.
    • Equally, we know that St Mirren will be no pushovers.
    • Her cute, pixie looks will fool many into believing Veronica is a pushover.
    • Though they have slipped back in recent years the girls from Model County are far from pushovers and should not be taken for granted.
    • And Nigeria will be no pushovers either, but if you were to talk to the two players in the dressing room they feel that they'll make it through.
    • Bristol hadn't been defeated in their previous three away matches, so they were never going to be pushovers.
    • We had set off without lunch, so we were pushovers.
    • It also shows how exciting the whole tournament is, and Italy are no pushovers now.
    • Clark knew that UVic would be anything but pushovers.
    • It's tempting to dismiss them altogether as pushovers, but I also sympathize with their outsider pathos.
    • Cook, however, reckons the Panthers will be no pushovers.
    • Yet Jacques Santini's side, coming off a 1-0 victory in Istanbul, are unlikely to be pushovers.
    • The standard line, true or not, is that grand juries are such pushovers that a good DA can get an indictment against a ham sandwich.
    • But there are no pushovers and every team will raise their game when they play us, so we have to make sure we are ready for that.
    • OK, the visitors are no pushovers, as seen from their second placing in the group and the Germans have not been playing well.
    • No climate of mutual respect will be fostered if the Federation is nothing more than a pushover ready to do the administration's bidding whenever asked.
    Synonyms
    weakling, not a force to be reckoned with, feeble opponent, unworthy opponent, man of straw
    1. 1.1 A thing that is very easily done.
      this is going to be a pushover
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Compared to sprawl, an expressway is a pushover.
      • For certain, this match against Scotland is not a pushover despite the fact that they have yet to win a match in the tournament.
      Synonyms
      easy task, easy job, five-finger exercise, gift, walkover, sinecure, gravy train
 
 
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