Overbearing
[ ,ov?'b?r?? ]
出國 Abroad
adj. 專橫的，傲慢的;難忍的;
v. 壓服( overbear的現在分詞 );
?? 詞根助記
over過度+bear忍受+ing...的→讓人忍無可忍的性格→蠻橫的，傲慢的
?? 例句
He's so overbearing that no one wants to work for him.
他那么專橫, 沒人愿為他工作。
During Nixon's ascendancy, too many staffers were overbearing.
在尼克松蒸蒸日上的時期，他的手下人一個個驕橫跋扈。
At the office he was mean and overbearing.
他在公司里表現得卑鄙專橫。
To intimidate or subjugate by an overbearing manner or domineering speech;bully.
對…聲色俱厲地進行威逼或制服
They were insolent and overbearing to the servants and friends of Penelope.
他們對待佩內洛普的仆人和朋友傲慢無禮。
?? 聯想助記
【記】※ over-上,bearing-舉止:高高在上的舉止
※over-過分,bearing-忍受:使人過分忍受→專橫跋扈的
? 同義詞
?? 牛津釋義
overbearing
adj
(derog 貶) forcing others to do what one wants (without caring about their feelings); domineering 專橫的; 跋扈的; 橫行霸道的
an overbearing manner 專橫的態度.
?? 擴展釋義
*[,?uv?'b??ri?]a. 傲慢的, 驕傲自大的, 蠻橫的, 壓倒一切的【法】 自大的, 專制的, 壓倒的
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I don't have the heart to tell her.
我沒有勇氣告訴她。
To have money is a fear, not to have it a grief.
有錢使人擔心，沒錢使人傷心。
By 1840 about 2,000 Europeans, mainly British, had come to settle in New Zealand and the Maori signed an agreement with these settlers.
截止1840年已有約2，000名歐洲人，其中大部分是英國人，到新西蘭定居，毛利人與這些移居者簽訂了一個協議。