intimidate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++in·tim·i·date /ɪnˈtɪmədeɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 1 THREATENto frighten or threaten someone into making them do what you want 恐吓，恫吓，威胁〔某人做某事〕intimidate somebody into doing something They tried to intimidate the young people into voting for them. 他们试图胁迫年轻人投票给他们。 Attempts to intimidate her failed. 恐吓她的企图失败了。2 to make someone feel worried and not confident 使害怕，使失去信心 The whole idea of going to Oxford intimidated me. 一想到要去牛津大学，我就信心全无。 —intimidation /ɪnˌtɪməˈdeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] She had endured years of intimidation and violence. 她忍受了多年的恐吓和暴力。 the intimidation of voters 对选民的恐吓→ See Verb table
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intimidate• He's being kept in jail until the trial so that he can't intimidate any of the witnesses.• Large audiences don't intimidate him.• Some workers are saying that they were intimidated into accepting the pay cuts, with threats of job losses.• In the former Soviet Union, the KGB was used to intimidate those who disagreed with the Communist Party.• The boss is quite tough, but don't let him intimidate you.Origin intimidate (1600-1700) Medieval Latin past participle of intimidare, from Latin timidus; → TIMIDin·tim·i·date verbChineseSyllable
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intimidate
in‧tim‧i‧date /ɪnˈtɪmədeɪt, ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
verb [transitive]
intimidate somebody into doing something
They tried to intimidate the young people into voting for them.
Attempts to intimidate her failed.
2. to make someone feel worried and not confident:
The whole idea of going to Oxford intimidated me.
—intimidation /ɪnˌtɪməˈdeɪʃən, ɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
She had endured years of intimidation and violence.
the intimidation of voters
▪ frighten to make someone feel afraid: The thought of being in court frightened him.
▪scare especially spoken to frighten someone. Scare is less formal than frighten, and is the usual word to use in everyday English: He was driving fast just to scare us. | It scared him to think that his mother might never recover.
▪terrify to make someone feel extremely frightened: The idea of going down into the caves terrified her. | Robbers terrified bank staff by threatening them at gunpoint.
▪give somebody a fright to make someone suddenly feel frightened in a way that makes their heart beat more quickly: It gave me a terrible fright when I found him unconscious on the floor.
▪give somebody the creeps if a person or place gives you the creeps, they make you feel slightly frightened because they are strange: This house gives me the creeps.
▪startle to frighten someone. Used when you suddenly see someone and did not know they were there, or when you suddenly hear something: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. | The noise startled him, and he dropped his glass on the floor.
▪alarm to make someone feel frightened and worried that something bad might happen: I didn’t want to alarm her by calling in the middle of the night.
▪intimidate to deliberately frighten someone, especially so that they will do what you want: Many of the gangs were using dogs to intimidate people.
in‧tim‧i‧date /ɪnˈtɪmədeɪt, ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
verb [transitive] Date: 1600-1700
Language: Medieval Latin
Origin: past participle of intimidare, from Latin timidus; ⇨ timid
1. to frighten or threaten someone into making them do what you wantLanguage: Medieval Latin
Origin: past participle of intimidare, from Latin timidus; ⇨ timid
intimidate somebody into doing something
2. to make someone feel worried and not confident:
—intimidation /ɪnˌtɪməˈdeɪʃən, ɪnˌtɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
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