verb

intimidate

恐嚇, 威脅, 威嚇

He tries to intimidate his opponents.

他試圖恐嚇他的對手。

Don't let them intimidate you into silence.

不要讓他們把你嚇得不敢作聲。

((sb.)) 恐嚇(某人) He tries to intimidate his opponents.

((sb.)) ((into -ing)) 脅迫(某人)做(某事) They intimidated him into signing the contract.

同義詞: frighten, threaten, bully; 反義詞: encourage, reassure

源自拉丁語 'in-' (進入) + 'timidus' (膽怯的)。字面意思是「使膽怯」。

可以拆解為 'in-' (進入) 和 'timid' (膽怯的)。記憶為「使某人進入膽怯的狀態」。

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