"browbeat" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 威嚇
• 恐嚇

Definition

用嚴厲的話語或威脅的方式讓某人感到害怕、受到壓力或被強迫做某事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Browbeat” 屬於正式或半正式用語，常用於權力不平等和負面情境。常見於被動語態：'He was browbeaten into agreeing'。多指強烈、持續的語言威脅，不是物理暴力。

Examples

He tried to browbeat his coworkers into agreeing with him.

他試圖**威嚇**同事讓他們同意他的看法。

The teacher refused to browbeat her students.

老師拒絕**威嚇**她的學生。

Don’t let anyone browbeat you into making a bad decision.

別讓任何人**威嚇**你做出錯誤決定。

After hours of questioning, she finally admitted she was browbeaten into signing the contract.

經過幾個小時的質問，她終於承認是被**威嚇**簽署了合約。

"Stop trying to browbeat me—I know what I'm talking about!"

「別再**威嚇**我了——我知道自己在說什麼！」

He was browbeaten by his boss every time he offered a new idea.

每次他提出新想法時，老闆都會**威嚇**他。