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单词 intimidation
释义
intimidation
noun[U]
uk
/ɪnˌtɪm.ɪˈdeɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌtɪm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/
theactionoffrighteningorthreateningsomeone, usually inordertopersuadethem to do something that youwantthem to do:
恫吓，恐吓
Thecampaignofviolenceand intimidationagainstthemintensifiesdaily.针对他们的暴力和恐吓活动每天都在加剧。
As theelectionapproaches, it will bedifficulttopreventvoterintimidation andfraud.随着选举临近，恐吓选民和欺诈行为将难以避免。
intimidationtactics恐吓战术
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  • Reporters arepressuredbypoliticalgroups, andthreatsand intimidation havebecomepartof thejob.
  • There werewidespreadreportsof intimidation ofwitnessesandcourtofficersin theweeksleadingup to thetrial.
  • Thisattemptat intimidation only made me moredetermined.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Dangers and threats
  • balefully
  • baneful
  • black spot
  • brinkmanship
  • hang oversomething
  • hazard
  • hazardous
  • hazmat
  • hazmat suit
  • or elseidiom
  • parlous
  • peril
  • perilous
  • perilously
  • precipice
  • someone'sbark isworsethanhis/herbiteidiom
  • tombstoning
  • triple threat
  • ultra-hazardous
  • venturesome
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(Definition ofintimidationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofintimidation

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The most vulnerable workers, those not associated with unions, were also those most subject tointimidationto encourage them to contract out.
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Even the comparatively sociable are reluctant to use hostels and day centres for homeless people, through fear of violence,intimidationand disturbance from younger clients.
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This interpretation is reinforced by theintimidationto which the police are subjected by politicians and intelligence organisations.
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For example, facing boycott andintimidation, hoteliers refused the preachers rooms.
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It influences theintimidationto which he and his officers are subject, the length of his tenure, and the manner of his retirement or dismissal.
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The largescale fraud, corruption and practices ofintimidationwhich accompany this manoeuvring are contrary to the legal code of public conduct.
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In addition, smaller communities had tended to provide safeguards against the outright sale of votes or theintimidationof voters.
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Reports of money,intimidationand dirty tricks were the norm.
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Across the cases, state intervention in associational life has taken a variety of forms, including reorganization, leadership appointment, banishment, andintimidation.
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In either case, it is linked directly to the use of physical force andintimidationat levels not normally used by the state.
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Fear andintimidationare the hallmarks of authoritarian regimes.
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There could be substantial fraud andintimidationat a polling place that might not appear to bias substantially the aggregate returns from the parish.
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To make voluntary choices, patients need to be free fromintimidation, coercion, or manipulation.
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They also illustrate the willingness of ordinary police to resist politicalintimidationas the following anecdote shows.
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Even defendants who were ultimately acquitted had to pass through ordeals of legalintimidationthat often left mental and financial scars.
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