| 单词 | intimidate |
| 释义 | intimidate (once / 1051 pages) v You can see "timid" in the middle of intimidate, and to be timid is to be frightened or to pull back from something. When you intimidate, you frighten or make someone afraid. A pet rat might intimidate your sister's friends, keeping them out of your fort. "To frighten" or "make fearful" is at the root of the verb intimidate. An animal might intimidate a smaller animal by bearing its teeth, and a person can intimidate another by threatening to do something harmful. You can be intimidated with mental or emotional bullying, as well as with something physical: "they were all good spellers, but some of them knew how to intimidate the competition into thinking they didn't have a chance at winning the spelling bee." WORD FAMILYintimidate: intimidated, intimidates, intimidating, intimidation+/intimidated: unintimidated/intimidating: intimidatingly/intimidation: intimidations USAGE EXAMPLESWhat a wonderful sight, if a little intimidating. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) “On the surface, David was intimidating and hard,” says photographer David Guttenfelder, who started his career in Africa alongside Gilkey. Time(Dec 30, 2016) That didn’t intimidate the Waves, who led for more than four minutes and stayed close for much longer. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1v to compel or deter by or as if by threats Syn|Hypo|Hyper restrain dash, daunt, frighten away, frighten off, pall, scare, scare away, scare off cause to lose courage discourage deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged 2v make timid or fearful Her boss intimidates her Hypo|Hyper hold over intimidate somebody (with a threat) ballyrag, boss around, browbeat, bully, bullyrag, hector, push around, strong-armbe bossy towards domineer, tyrannise, tyrannizerule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner affright, fright, frighten, scare cause fear in |
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