browbeat

browbeat

browbeat 是英語中表示通過威脅或強制手段迫使他人服從的及物動詞,核心釋義為"恫嚇、嚇唬、欺侮"。該詞常與介詞"into"構成固定搭配"browbeat sb into (doing) sth",用於描述脅迫他人完成特定行為的情景。在職場、談判等場景中,該詞可表達使用威壓手段迫使對方妥協的語義。其詞形變化體系完整,包含過去式"browbeat"及過去分詞"browbeaten",近義詞群涵蓋bully、intimidate等具有威脅性語義的辭彙。

基本介紹

  • 詞性:及物動詞  
  • 音標:/ˈbraʊ.biːt/(英式)、[ˈbraʊbi:t](美式)  
  • 過去式:browbeat 
  • 過去分詞:browbeaten 
  • 常見搭配:browbeat sb into sth  
  • 派生名詞:browbeater 
詞性釋義,短語搭配,同義詞辨析,詞形變化,用法示例,詞源記憶,雙語例句,

詞性釋義

作為及物動詞,browbeat 表示通過威壓手段迫使他人服從的行為,其英語釋義為"to try to force someone to do something by threatening them or persuading them forcefully and unfairly"。典型套用場景包括:
  • 法律領域:法官對證人施加言語威脅("browbeat the witness")
  • 職場壓迫:上級強迫下屬接受額外工作("browbeat into taking on extra work")
  • 國際關係:通過恫嚇手段迫使機構妥協("browbeat the IMF into giving favourable assessments")
該動詞的語義強度高於普通勸說,強調使用明顯威脅性手段達成目的。

短語搭配

固定詞組"browbeat sb into (doing) sth"是核心用法結構,常見於書面及口語表達:
  • 職場脅迫:"They browbeat all the employees into signing those contracts"(脅迫簽契約)
  • 社會壓力:"Don't be browbeaten into working more hours than you want"(拒絕逾時工作)
  • 政治施壓:"The leaders might be browbeaten into making more concessions"(迫使讓步)
此搭配要求賓語後接動名詞形式,體現被脅迫行為的過程性特徵。

同義詞辨析

browbeat 與其他威懾性動詞構成近義詞群,語義差異主要體現在施壓方式:
  • bully:強調持續性的欺凌行為,通常存在權力不對等關係
  • intimidate:側重製造心理恐懼達到目的,未必伴隨語言威脅
  • hector:特指採用咄咄逼人的態度進行恫嚇
  • cow:強調通過威懾使對方喪失反抗勇氣
在 GRE 等英語能力測試中,該詞常與 blackjack、dragoon 等低頻近義詞共同出現在語義類比題中。

詞形變化

該動詞遵循不規則變化形式:
  • 現在分詞:browbeating
  • 第三人稱單數:browbeats
  • 過去式:browbeat(與動詞原形同形)
  • 過去分詞:browbeaten
詞形變化體系完整,但需注意過去分詞形式與規則變化的差異(如 beaten → browbeaten)。

用法示例

詞典及教材中收錄的典型例句包括:
  • "They would often browbeat the younger child until he cried"(家庭欺凌場景)
  • "But just look at how they browbeat the IMF into giving favourable assessments"(國際組織施壓)
  • "The boss browbeat me into working overtime without pay"(職場剝削)
在使用時需注意及物動詞的賓語必須明確,不可省略被脅迫對象。

詞源記憶

該詞由"brow"(眉毛)與"beat"(擊打)組合構成,通過"怒目而視+暴力暗示"的意象強化"聲色俱厲威逼"的語義联想。記憶方法建議結合詞根分解:
  • brow → 面部表情傳遞威脅信號
  • beat → 施加物理或心理壓力
這種複合詞結構使其在語義上比單純威脅(threaten)更具行為壓迫感。

雙語例句

When I backed out of the 100 metres, an older kid tried to browbeat me into it.
當我退出100米賽的時候,一個年齡大的孩子試圖逼迫我參賽。
《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
The judge browbeat the witness.
那法官威嚇證人。
They can browbeat and cajole.
他們可以連哄帶嚇。
Monthly stairs to browbeat your competitors.
每月步驟主宰你的競爭對手。
The boss browbeat me into taking on all this extra work.
老闆威逼我接受所有這個額外的工作。
Dedicate yourself to photography, but never browbeat yourself too much.
花時間在攝影上,但也別給力過度哈。
They are literally trying to browbeat Japan into a state of constant submission.
他們簡直是在試圖恐嚇日本以使其處於一種永遠順從的狀態。
In 1985 the U.S. browbeat Japan at the Plaza Accord meetings into letting the yen rise.
1985年,美國在廣場協定會議上恫嚇日本,讓其日元升值。
The answer for Americans is not to browbeat Europeans for this, but to accept it and adjust to it.
對於美國人來說,解決之道不是為此威逼歐洲,而是應該接受現實, 並作出相應的調整。
But it is the responsibility of doctors to inform patients and allow them to make a decision based on this knowledge, not browbeat them into submission.
醫生有責任告訴患者相關信息,允許他們基於這些信息做出決定,而不應該威逼他們服從。
When we use the word responsibility in the absence of substantial sanctions are we not trying to browbeat a free man in a commons into acting against his own interest?
當我們引用「責任」而沒有相當的制裁,我們是否在嚇唬公地的人們作出有違本身利益的行動?
It is a sure bet that at crucial moments America will be on hand to browbeat Europeans into taking action. The Federal Reserve will stand by to back the European Central Bank.
在緊要關頭美國必然會出手逼迫歐洲採取行動,美聯儲也會支持歐洲中央銀行。
Mr Angelides was a perennial thorn in the side of business, using California’s state pension plan to browbeat bosses of firms he disapproved of, and he retains a dim view of Wall Street.
安吉利迪斯向來都是商業界的眼中刺,他曾使用加州的養老金計畫來威逼他不喜歡的公司老闆們就範,而且他一直用悲觀的眼光來看待華爾街。
We are while the convenience that enjoys email to be brought to us to the top of one's bent is quick, also be passed email to browbeat to ours possibly at any time by a lot of illegal users.
我們在盡情享受電子郵件給我們帶來的方便快捷的同時,也隨時可能受到許多不法用戶通過電子郵件對我們的威脅。

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