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单词 roughshod
释义
roughshod
adjective
uk/ˈrʌf.ʃɒd/us/ˈrʌf.ʃɑːd/
ride roughshod oversomeone/something
to do what youwantwithout giving anyattentionto otherpeopleortheirwishes:
Theyaccusedthegovernmentofridingroughshod overparliamentaryprocedure.
The Prime Ministerridesroughshod over hiscritics.
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  • It doesn'tpaytoalienateyourmajorshareholdersbyridingroughshod overtheirwishesin this way.
  • Thecompanyisridingroughshod over the man in thestreet.
  • Who gave them thepowertorideroughshod over thelaw?
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Neglecting and ignoring
(Definition ofroughshodfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofroughshod

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The government could not rush through unpopular policies in its familiar nonchalant fashion, as it had riddenroughshodover civil society in the 1980s.
From theCambridge English Corpus
From the perspective of realizer functionalism, the role variety ridesroughshodover distinctions that need to be taken seriously.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Such methods of repression ranroughshodover the revolutionary rhetoric of individualism.
From theCambridge English Corpus
They were proud to rideroughshodover popular and particularist prejudices.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unfortunately, speculation seems particularly prone to runroughshodover available data when language evolution becomes the topic of discussion.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Should the state be able to rideroughshodover parents' religious beliefs?
From theCambridge English Corpus
As we will see, they preferred small, localized systems of government, and were deeply concerned that the federal plan would runroughshodover state interests.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This idea is frequently enunciated by sculptors and craftspeople who assert that good workmanship should be 'true to the material', respecting its properties rather than ridingroughshodover them.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I do not believe that we are ridingroughshodover our procedures.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This does not mean that we have any intention of ridingroughshodover any discipline or of acting improperly.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is only the cowboys who will rideroughshodover the health and welfare of employees.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I can assure him that there is no intention whatever of ridingroughshodover local susceptibilities and ideas.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The main cause is that people are ridingroughshodover one of the basic principles of the administrative policing.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Are they to be riddenroughshodover by the trendy educational fringe?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Obviously, we do not want to rideroughshodover the comforts and reasonable consideration of occupants of land, especially residential land.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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