詞彙精選：intimidate的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

v.

恐嚇，威脅；脅迫 [T]

例句：

I never intimidate ordinary folks. I only intimidate those venal officials.

我從來不嚇唬老百姓，只嚇唬那些貪官污吏。

例句：

He often strikes a pose in order to intimidate people.

他常裝腔作勢藉以嚇人。

二、詞義辨析：

alarm,frighten,startle,terrify,scare,intimidate

這些動詞均有“驚嚇、驚恐”之意。alarm着重指某人意識到危險而突然產生的驚恐。frighten普通用詞，使用廣泛，指產生突然、短暫的驚慌、恐怖感。startle強調突然使人驚駭或震驚。terrify語氣最強，指驚駭得六神無主，魂飛魄散。scare指非正式文體中可與frighten換用，但語氣較重，側重人受驚嚇後立即停下正在乾的事或跑掉。intimidate特指恐嚇某人，迫使其做某事。

三、參考例句：

Nobody was going to intimidate them.

沒有人能脅迫他們。

I never intimidate ordinary folks. I only intimidate those venal officials.

我從來不嚇唬老百姓，只嚇唬那些貪官污吏。

He often strikes a pose in order to intimidate people.

他常裝腔作勢藉以嚇人。

The aggressive Mr. Jager tended to intimidate employees.

行事激進的耶格先生傾向於威逼員工。

The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.

那幫歹徒企圖恐嚇銀行經理。

The Senate and House hearing rooms are designed to intimidate the witness.

參議院和眾議院舉行聽證會的房間在設計上是有意嚇唬證人的。

Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.

脅迫人們為執政黨投票的企圖沒有成功。

You think you can intimidate people into being loyal to you?

你以為你可以利用威脅讓人們對你忠心嗎?

They tried to intimidate the young people into voting for them.

他們試圖用恐嚇的方式讓那些年輕人為他們投票。

Don't you try to intimidate people by pinning labels on them.

別拿大帽子壓人。