
n.欺凌弱小者;開球
vt.恐嚇;威脅;欺負
The little girl stood up to a bully. 小女孩勇敢地對付暴徒。
The bully whacked my brother with a stick. 那惡棍用棒頭狠揍我兄弟。
Leave that little girl alone, you big bully! 離那小姑娘遠點兒, 你這個大壞蛋!
用作及物動詞 (vt.)You are not discreet; you mustn't bully me. 你真不客氣,你休想恐嚇我。
The manager tried to bully his men into working harder by threatening them with dismissal. 經(jīng)理企圖以解雇來威脅,迫使職工更賣力氣。
Fahmy had come both to charm and to bully me. 法赫米這次來是要對我軟硬兼施。
bully作動詞時意思是“威嚇”,尤指在學校中以大欺小、以強凌弱的行為。
bully是及物動詞,可接名詞或代詞作賓語。常與介詞into連用,表示“威逼…做…”。
bully偶爾也可用作名詞,意思是“恃強凌弱的人”。例如:He is a bully.他是個大壞蛋。