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单词 pushover
释义
pushover
noun[Cusually singular]
informal
uk
/ˈpʊʃˌəʊ.vər/us
/ˈpʊʃˌoʊ.vɚ/
something that iseasyto do or towin, or someone who iseasilypersuadedorinfluencedordefeated:
易做的事；易被人说服（或影响、击败）的人
Theinterviewwas anabsolutepushover.这次面试非常容易。
Jean willlookafter Harry, I'mquitesure- she's a pushoverforbabies(= will do anything for them).我敢肯定琼会照看哈里——孩子的事上她很好说话。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Easiness and simplicity
  • (as) easy as pie/ABC/anything/falling off a logidiom
  • a piece of cakeidiom
  • accessibility
  • at the push of a buttonidiom
  • at the stroke of a penidiom
  • be (all) downhillidiom
  • doss
  • friendly
  • gift
  • gimme
  • give/handsomethingtosomeoneon a (silver) platteridiom
  • handily
  • painless
  • painting by numbersidiom
  • platter
  • presto
  • rarefied
  • the path of least resistanceidiom
  • walkaway
  • walkover
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Naive & trusting
(Definition ofpushoverfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pushover| American Dictionary

pushover
noun[C]
infml
us
/ˈpʊʃˌoʊ·vər/
somethingeasyto do orwin, or someone who iseasilypersuaded,influenced, ordefeated:
Krista gets whatever shewants– herparentsarerealpushovers.
(Definition ofpushoverfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpushover

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And, the word "diehard" has two negative parts but turns out to be positive compared to its antonym "pushover".
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Apushoveris meaningless and leads to no result.
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Why is he such apushoverwhen it comes to defending the 17 million people who depend on benefits?
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If they think that we are a bit of apushover, the negotiation will continue placidly for a year or even more.
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I hope that it will be a genuine one, and not merely a "pushover" for today's debate, as someone has suggested.
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We know that it will be apushover.
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No one should think they are apushover, because they are not.
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We are not, nor will we be, anyone's pushovers.
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We do not want some sort of bureaucraticpushoverfor the inquiry.
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Far from it; they have let the country become a totalpushoverfor everybody else's high-tech exports.
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Labour, if in power at the time of the conclusion of the intergovernmental conference, will adopt a constructive approach but will not be apushover.
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We are not apushoverin this part of the world.
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For once the teachers have organised themselves into a solid, like-thinking phalanx with no thought whatsoever of this being apushoverfor the employers.
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He is a right oldpushover.
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It will never be apushover.
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