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单词 steamroller
释义
steamroller
noun[C]
uk
/ˈstiːmˌrəʊ.lər/us
/ˈstiːmˌroʊ.lɚ/

steamrollernoun[C](VEHICLE)

avehiclethatmovesforwardon alarge,heavywheelinorderto make aroadsurfaceflat
蒸汽压路机
picture of steamroller
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Trucks, vans & caravans
  • a fifth/third wheelidiom
  • armoured car
  • bakkie
  • bin lorry
  • bowser
  • breakdown truck
  • caravan
  • dumper
  • float
  • horse trailer
  • JCB
  • lorry
  • milk truck
  • tender
  • tractor-trailer
  • trucking
  • utility truck
  • utility vehicle
  • UTV
  • Winnebago
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steamrollernoun[C](FORCE)

informal
apersonwhoforcesotherpeopletoagreewith them andpreventsanyopposition
专横的人，以势压人的人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Giving orders & commands
  • all-points bulletin
  • boss
  • bossily
  • bossiness
  • bossyboots
  • call forsomeone
  • defy
  • demand
  • dictate
  • expect
  • harry
  • importunate
  • lay down the lawidiom
  • mandate
  • officious
  • ordain
  • prescribe
  • shovesomeonearound
  • stick
  • stick out forsomething
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steamroller
verb[T]
informal
uk
/ˈstiːmˌrəʊ.lər/us
/ˈstiːmˌroʊ.lɚ/
to usegreatforceeither to make someone do something or on something to make ithappenor besuccessful:
（凭借强力）迫使，强迫
He steamrollered theplanthrough thecommittee.他迫使委员会通过了这项计划。
Ihatebeing steamrolleredinto doingsomething I don'twantto.我讨厌别人强迫我做我不想做的事情。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Causing somebody to act
  • arm-twisting
  • bludgeon
  • bounce
  • bouncesomeoneintosomething
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • forcibly
  • holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
  • impel
  • impose
  • jolt
  • railroad
  • ramsomethingintosomeone
  • reduce
  • reducesomeonetosomething
  • reimpose
  • reimposition
  • slap
  • squeeze
  • trap
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(Definition ofsteamrollerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

steamroller| American Dictionary

steamroller
noun[C]
us
/ˈstimˌroʊ·lər/

steamrollernoun[C](VEHICLE)

avehiclewhosewheelsarelarge,heavycylindersthatrollover aroadsurfaceto make itflat
steamroller
verb[T]
us
/ˈstimˌroʊ·lər/
(alsosteamroll,us/ˈstimˌroʊl/)

steamrollerverb[T](FORCE)

to usegreatforceto make someone do something or to make (something)happen:
He steamrollered thebillthroughCongress.
(Definition ofsteamrollerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

steamroller| Business English

steamroller
noun
uk
/ˈstiːmˌrəʊlər/us
[C]
alarge,heavymachinethatrollsover thesurfaceof a newroadto make itflat
[C,usually singular]
apowerfulforcethateasilydefeatsanythingopposingit:
It is hard forsmallbusinessestocompeteagainst the steamroller ofglobalization.
steamroller
verb[T]
uk
/ˈstiːmˌrəʊlər/us
(alsosteamroll)
toachievesomething using agreatamountofforce,pressure, orinfluence:
steamroller sb into doing sthAsalesassistanttriedto steamroller him intobuyinga €50warranty.
steamroller sth through (sth)Thevotewascriticizedas aneffortto steamroll thelegislationthrough before Sunday'sgeneralelection.
todefeatsomeone by using agreatamountofforce,pressure, orinfluence:
Thecompanyis sobigtheysimplysteamroller thecompetition.
(Definition ofsteamrollerfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsteamroller

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Even in the eighteenth century, a time of assertive central power not to be repeated until the 1950s, colonial expansion was not asteamroller.
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The situation had 'matured' and the revolution had tosteamrollerthe forces of reaction.
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We instead used thesteamrollertechnique and continued to disregard genuine social needs, public services and citizenship in every meaning of the word.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Let us vote only for what takes balanced account of the social, economic and legal aspects and notsteamrollerthrough narrow ethical boundaries.
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He is steamrollering it through, knowing that it is nonsense.
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Of course, that would not apply to all vehicles, as steamrollers and similar vehicles would still have to be on a time basis.
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By that undemocratic procedure, the measure was steamrollered through.
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We have now been told that we are so short of that precious commodity, time, that our debate has to be steamrollered.
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I am no great friend of comprehensive education where it steamrollers fine grammar schools out of existence.
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I must protest that a series of technical amendments is being steamrollered through.
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Does it mean registering the parish council's opinion or "steamrollering" it.
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By virtue of being moderate and trying to encourage some restraint, we shall be steamrollered.
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Instead, they steamrollered the decision through and imposed it on areas that did not want it.
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We normally understand the word "streamlining" in that context as meaning being steamrollered.
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We should not sit back gently and be steamrollered; we are bigger and more important than that.
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