intimidate

/in-tim-i-deyt/US // ɪnˈtɪm ɪˌdeɪt //UK // (ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt) //

恫吓,恐吓,吓唬人,吓唬

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing.
- : to make timid; fill with fear.
- : to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
- : to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear: to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.

verbfrighten, threaten

Forms: intimidated, intimidates, intimidating

Synonyms

They said in an interview that guards and inmates had been making intimidating comments to her following her accusations and that she felt unsafe.
In the past six months, Eknelygoda’s wife, Sandya, said she believed witnesses in the case were being intimidated, and threats to her and surveillance of her family had increased.
Keep immigrants feeling unwelcome, keep them afraid, keep them intimidated, and keep them away from knowing and asserting their rights, including their right to vote.
Cops, for instance, couldn’t intimidate a witness, lie in the course of an investigation or participate in a law enforcement gang with “a pattern of rogue on-duty behavior.”
They are easily intimidated and remain silent for fear of retaliation, fear of losing their jobs, fear that nobody will listen or believe them.
And nowadays, politicians and CEOs frequently employ the color to command respect and intimidate.
When ISIS beheaded an American journalist, it meant to intimidate—and provoke—the United States.
One pilot friend in Zwara pointed out that just “two Apaches,” attack helicopters, would intimidate the militias into a ceasefire.
On Sunday, Iroquois defenders used them to intimidate and pummel Canadians in a second-half surge.
You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population.
On one occasion a noted professional duellist thought that he could intimidate him.

/in-tim-i-deyt/US // ɪnˈtɪm ɪˌdeɪt //UK // (ɪnˈtɪmɪˌdeɪt) //

恫吓,恐吓,吓唬人,吓唬

v.有主动词 verb

1
in·tim·i·dat·ed, in·tim·i·dat·ing.
- : to make timid; fill with fear.
- : to overawe or cow, as through the force of personality or by superior display of wealth, talent, etc.
- : to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear: to intimidate a voter into staying away from the polls.

verbfrighten, threaten

Forms: intimidated, intimidates, intimidating

Synonyms

They said in an interview that guards and inmates had been making intimidating comments to her following her accusations and that she felt unsafe.
In the past six months, Eknelygoda’s wife, Sandya, said she believed witnesses in the case were being intimidated, and threats to her and surveillance of her family had increased.
Keep immigrants feeling unwelcome, keep them afraid, keep them intimidated, and keep them away from knowing and asserting their rights, including their right to vote.
Cops, for instance, couldn’t intimidate a witness, lie in the course of an investigation or participate in a law enforcement gang with “a pattern of rogue on-duty behavior.”
They are easily intimidated and remain silent for fear of retaliation, fear of losing their jobs, fear that nobody will listen or believe them.
And nowadays, politicians and CEOs frequently employ the color to command respect and intimidate.
When ISIS beheaded an American journalist, it meant to intimidate—and provoke—the United States.
One pilot friend in Zwara pointed out that just “two Apaches,” attack helicopters, would intimidate the militias into a ceasefire.
On Sunday, Iroquois defenders used them to intimidate and pummel Canadians in a second-half surge.
You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population.
On one occasion a noted professional duellist thought that he could intimidate him.