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)