overawe

英[ˌəʊvərˈɔ:]
美[ˌoʊvərˈɔ]

基本释义

vt.
吓倒,吓住

词性变化

实用例句

Don't be overawed by people in authority, however important they are...

不管当官儿的职权有多大,都不要被他们吓倒。

He's never been overawed or intimidated by big occasions.

各种大场合都没让他犯过憷。

Truth does not strike a pose to overawe people but talks and acts honestly and sincerely.

凡真理都不装样子吓人,它只是老老实实地说下去和做下去.

期刊摘选

The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.

整个市中心区有着一种高傲的神气,好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安.

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英英释义

Verb
  • 1. subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

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