intimidate常用短语

1. 胁迫， 威胁
2. 恫吓，威吓 ，吓唬，吓走，恐吓
3. 威逼某人做某事
4. 镇住
5. 使胆怯，使害怕
6. 使人望而生畏

1. vt. & vi. 恐吓,威胁 frighten, especially by making threats

1.恫吓;恐吓;威胁
If youintimidate someone, you deliberately make them frightened enough to do what you want them to do.

e.g. Jones had set out tointimidate and dominate Paul...
琼斯开始恐吓并控制保罗。
e.g. Attempts tointimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.
胁迫人们为执政党投票的企图没有成功。

1. The gang tried to intimidate the merchant.
   犯罪团伙想恐吓这位商人。
2. The robber tried to intimidate the bank manager.
   抢劫犯企图威吓银行经理。
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3. The child was intimidated by the fury of the storm.
   这孩子被狂怒的风暴吓住了。

intimidate into (v.+prep.)

恫吓某人使之做某事 frighten sb in order to make him do sth
intimidate sb into sth/v-ing

The criminal intimidated the witness into silence.

犯罪分子恐吓目击证人保持缄默。

The salesman intimidated the old lady into signing the paper by threatening to take away the goods.

那个推销员以拿走货物来要挟那个老太太要她在票据上签字。

They tried to intimidate him into doing what they wanted.

他们试图胁迫他,让他按他们的要求去做。

The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police.

窃贼把那个男孩吓得不敢报警。

They were intimidated into giving him the money.

他们被吓得把钱交给了他。

1. intimidate的基本意思是“恐吓”“威胁”,即恐吓、威胁某人或恐吓、威胁某人使之做某事。
2. intimidate是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语,接介词into时,表示恐吓某人使之做某事。