bulldoze
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer. (用推土機(jī)) 推倒
She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket. 她打敗了那些企圖推倒她的家園建造超市的開(kāi)發(fā)商。
2. V-T If people bulldoze earth, stone, or other heavy material, they move it using a bulldozer. (用推土機(jī)) 推走
They have been cutting down the trees and bulldozing the land. 他們正砍倒樹(shù)木,推整土地。
3. V-T If someone bulldozes a plan through or bulldozes another person into doing something, they get what they want in an unpleasantly forceful way. 脇迫[表不滿]
Dropping all pretense of reason, they began to bulldoze through the democratic reforms. 他們拋開(kāi)一切佯裝的理性,開(kāi)始脇迫進(jìn)行民主改革。
...to sway public opinion and bulldoze them into adopting uneconomic practices. …左右公衆(zhòng)的觀點(diǎn),脇迫他們接受沒(méi)有傚益的做法。
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bulldoze /?b?l?d??z/ (bulldozing,bulldozed,bulldozes)
劍橋詞典
- to destroy buildings and make an area flat with a bulldozer
(用推土機(jī))推平,鏟平
The township was bulldozed in the 1950s. 這個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)在20世紀(jì)50年代被夷爲(wèi)平地。
to force someone to do something, although they might not want to
強(qiáng)迫
She bulldozed her daughter into buying a new dress . 她逼著她的女兒去買條新裙子。 返回 bulldoze