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

intimidateintimidate /ɪnˈtɪməˌdeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYintimidate

Origin: 1600-1700 Medieval Latin, past participle of intimidare, from Latin timidus

VERB TABLE

intimidate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	intimidate
	he, she, it	intimidates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	intimidated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have intimidated
	he, she, it	has intimidated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had intimidated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will intimidate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have intimidated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am intimidating
	he, she, it	is intimidating
	you, we, they	are intimidating
Past	I, he, she, it	was intimidating
	you, we, they	were intimidating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been intimidating
	he, she, it	has been intimidating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been intimidating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be intimidating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been intimidating

1to frighten someone by behaving in a threatening way, especially in order to make him or her do what you want: The gang had been intimidating passengers on the subway.2to make someone feel worried and less confident: Large audiences don’t intimidate him. [Origin: 1600–1700 Medieval Latin, past participle of intimidare, from Latin timidus]—intimidation /ɪnˌtɪməˈdeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]