bully

英 ['bʊli] 美 ['bʊli]

• n. 欺凌弱小者；开球
• vt. 恐吓；威胁；欺负

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 威吓,威逼

   frighten by threats

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 罐头牛肉，腌牛肉
2. 仗势欺人者，欺侮弱者的人，欺凌弱小者，恃强欺弱的人，横行霸道者
3. 恶霸，恶棍，暴徒
4. 以大欺小的学生
5. <古>打手，受雇的凶手
6. <废>情人，心爱的人
7. <古>妓院的拉客者，为妓女拉客者，妓女的保镖
8. <古>好朋友，好家伙
9. 【曲棍球】争球，开球

adj. 形容词

1. <口>第一流的，很好的，顶好的，特好的
2. 盛气凌人的，霸道的
3. 像流氓的，恶霸一样的
4. 精神抖擞的，精神饱满的，兴高采烈的

adv. 副词

1. 很，极，十分
2. 突出地

int. 感叹词

1. 好极了，好，妙，干得好！

v. 动词

1. 欺侮，欺负，恐吓，威吓，吓唬，威胁，威逼，胁迫，伤害
2. 盛气凌人地说
3. 以强凌弱，恃强欺弱，横行霸道，充当恶霸，专横跋扈，盛气凌人
4. 【曲棍球】争球，开球(off)

英英释义

Noun:

1. a cruel and brutal fellow

2. a hired thug

Adjective:

1. very good;

   "he did a bully job"
   "a neat sports car"
   "had a great time at the party"
   "you look simply smashing"
   

Verb:

1. be bossy towards;

   "Her big brother always bullied her when she was young"
   

2. discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The little girl stood up to a bully.
   小女孩勇敢地对付暴徒。
2. The bully whacked my brother with a stick.
   那恶棍用棒头狠揍我兄弟。
3. Leave that little girl alone, you big bully!
   离那小姑娘远点儿, 你这个大坏蛋!

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. You are not discreet; you mustn't bully me.
   你真不客气，你休想恐吓我。
2. The manager tried to bully his men into working harder by threatening them with dismissal.
   经理企图以解雇来威胁，迫使职工更卖力气。
3. Fahmy had come both to charm and to bully me.
   法赫米这次来是要对我软硬兼施。
4. It is wrong of you to bully the child.
   你不该欺侮那个孩子。
5. He was bullied by the older boys at school.
   他在学校里受到大孩子的欺负。
6. You've got no right at all to bully the weak.
   你根本没有权利欺侮弱者。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I wanted to tell you everything but the manager bullied me out of it.
   我本来打算把事情都告诉你,可是经理硬不许我这样做。
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2. The little boy was bullied by the older boys at school.
   这个小男孩在学校受到大孩子的欺负。

经典引文

• What sayest thou, bully Bottom?

  出自：Midsummer Night's Dream , Shakespeare

• Mr. Bumble..had a decided propensity for bullying..and, consequently, was (it is needless to say) a coward.

  出自： Dickens

• He bullies her dreadfully, keeps her in her place, orders her about.

  出自： W. Plomer

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

bully into( v.+prep. )

威逼…做… force sb into sth or doing sth by threats or violence
bully sb into sth/v-ing
The boy bullied the small girl into giving him all her money.

那男孩威逼那个小女孩把所有的钱都给他。
He will never be bullied into any change of his standpoint.

要想硬逼他改变自己的立场是办不到的。

词汇搭配

• bully boy 用武力实行其计划的人...
• play the bully 横行霸道
• bully beef 罐头牛肉
• bully tree =balata
• penalty bully 罚争球; 罚5码球...
• bully net 一种小围网
• bully pulpit 天字第一号讲坛...
• come the bully over someone 欺压某人

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. bully作动词时意思是“威吓”,尤指在学校中以大欺小、以强凌弱的行为。
2. bully是及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语。常与介词into连用,表示“威逼…做…”。

词义辨析

v. (动词)

bully, bulldoze, intimidate

• 这组词都有“威逼”的意思。它们的区别是:intimidate是指显示武力或提出要使用武力的恐吓方式使对方感到恐惧而随后表示屈服; bulldoze是指用威胁或恐吓来压服对方的反抗; bully是指盛气凌人地欺负弱者。

近反义词

【近义词】

• intimidate
• menace
• terrify
• threaten