intimidate的意思|intimidate的解释-里氏词典

intimidate [in'timideit]

vt. 威胁, 恐吓

[法] 恐吓, 威胁, 使恐惧

intimidate

[ verb ]

make timid or fearful

<verb.emotion>

Her boss intimidates her

to compel or deter by or as if by threats

<verb.emotion>

restrain

Intimidate \In*tim"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Intimidated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Intimidating}.] [LL. intimidatus, p. p. of
intimidare to frighten; pref. in- in + timidus fearful,
timid: cf. F. intimider. See {Timid}.]
To make timid or fearful; to inspire of affect with fear; to
deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash.

Now guilt, once harbored in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. --Johnson.

Syn: To dishearten; dispirit; abash; deter; frighten;
terrify; daunt; cow.

Mr. Kennan's advocacy of containment was inappropriate 40 years ago, though its application today can be rewarding in denying the Soviets the ability to intimidate the West and obtain support for a crumbling social and economic system.
Then, with the city outraged over the murder of Mrs. Stuart, blacks said police were out of control, violating their constitutional rights and trying to intimidate them.
Police reports also said Ms. Bamping and Blevins tried to use their positions as prosecutors to intimidate Robertson, but Blevins denied that.
He said only a third of services were running and accused Railtrack of trying to 'intimidate' the signal workers.
Both camps fear their rivals will try to intimidate voters, and there is widespread doubt about the effectiveness of a United Nations force of up to 7,500 men due to arrive April 1 to monitor the election.
During the roundup Saturday, police fired birdshot to intimidate people on the streets and entered houses to make arrests, witnesses said.
Indeed, the Khmer Rouge seems to understand better than most Cambodian groups that international attention will fade after the election and that it will once again be free to intimidate citizens.
The case has become a rallying point for artists, First Amendment activists and those who believe the indictments are part of a wider effort to intimidate homosexuals.
The National Opposition Union on Monday accused the governing Sandinistas of waging a campaign of provocation and violence to intimidate opponents in the Feb. 25 elections.
They are trying to intimidate the defendants." Bella Rosenberg said that she was shocked to learn that her daughter was being held in a psychiatric observation unit at the District of Columbia Jail.
Foreign Minister Moshe Arens said there was a "wave of terror" being waged to intimidate moderates who might otherwise support Israel's proposal to hold elections in the occupied territories to choose Palestinian negotiators.
Shaw Pittman partner R. Timothy Hanlon called the allegations "unfounded" and accused Westinghouse of trying "to intimidate us or to distract from our efforts in representing our clients."
Baruso was found liable for conspiracy to monitor, harass, intimidate and operate against Marcos opponents while Malabed was found liable for the conspiracy charge and for negligence for not keeping the intelligence operations in check.
It suggests that when trying to make decisions in groups, the presence of some group members may intimidate others.
In addition, the company spokesman said that Mr. D'Agostino was fired based on poor quality work and that his lawsuit was part of an effort to intimidate the company into paying him "millions of dollars" in connection with his termination.
Mr. Kocur (pronounced KOHsur) is a big bruiser of a man whose main function is unique to the North American version of his sport: not to score goals, steal the puck or make deft passes, but to batter and intimidate the foe.
Steinbrenner also had been charged with trying to "influence and intimidate" employees of his shipbuilding company into lying to a grand jury.
Honecker used the secret police to spy on citizens, crack down on dissent and intimidate opponents of the Communist government. They had wide powers and sent thousands of political prisoners to jail.
Earlier, Reagan met with the U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua, Richard Melton, who said he and his seven colleagues were expelled to intimidate opposition leaders with whom they had met in the normal course of their work.
In a Feb. 25 statement, Mr. Reagan retracted his claim that the Iranians had stopped fomenting terrorism, and he accused Iran of trying to intimidate and destabilize its moderate neighbors.
The government has relied so far on veiled threats, but management at the privatized companies has proved hard to intimidate.
A reporter who has criticized the Arizona attorney general's investigation of the 1976 car-bomb murder of journalist Don Bolles has been slapped with a grand jury subpoena in an attempt to intimidate him, his lawyer says.
Meanwhile, Richard Melton, the U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua who was expelled by the Sandinista government along with seven colleagues, said today he believes Nicaragua took the action in order to intimidate the opposition.
It does not represent any policy or desire on the part of the armed forces to intimidate journalists or keep them from doing their job," Ponce said.
In Colombia, traffickers often intimidate or bribe judges to ensure light sentences or no sentences.
"This tape is a use of threats to intimidate employees into voting no," said Frank Joyce, union spokesman.
Thousands of people attended protest meetings and signed petitions against the trial, widely seen in the republic an army move to intimidate dissidents, some of whom have demanded that the government resign for mismanaging the economy.
The court ruled Boswell filed the libel suit in 1982 to intimidate the farmers so they would not support a state proposition.
Those who harass and intimidate women at a painful moment in their lives gain no sympathy for their cause; and those who believe that the court has declared "war against women" fail to comprehend this difficult, complex problem.
"Most importantly, their ability to influence and intimidate the business and political community is weakened," Sessions said.

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