bulldoze

bulldoze

英 ['bʊldəʊz]
　　美 ['bʊldoz]

vt. 強迫；恫嚇；用推土機清除

中文詞源：

bulldoze 鏟平，強迫

bull, 牛。doze, 給予，見donate，捐贈，給予。即給不聽話的牛一頓打。

例句：

1. The party in power planned to bulldoze through a full socialist programme.
執政黨打算強制推行一個全面的社會主義方案。

2. My parents tried to bulldoze me into going to college.
父母千方百計逼迫我去上大學。

3. Last week, the department's road builders began to bulldoze a water meadow on Twyford Down.
上個星期，這個部門的築路機開始將特懷福德丘陵地帶的浸水草甸推平。

4. She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket.
她打敗瞭那些想推倒她傢房屋興建超市的開發商們。

5. Was she going to try to bulldoze him into submission?
該死的東西!她想把他壓服 嗎 ?