bulldoze
verb- [transitive, often passive]
to destroy buildings, trees, etc. with a bulldozer (用推土机)推倒,铲平 - [intransitive, transitive]
to force your way somewhere; to force something somewhere (使)强行通过 - + adv./prep.
Sterling bulldozed through to score. 斯特林奋力得分。 - bulldoze something + adv./prep.
They bulldozed the tax through Parliament. 他们强行使税收提案在议会通过。 He bulldozed his way to victory. 他一路上过关斩将,取得了最后胜利。
- + adv./prep.
- [transitive] bulldoze somebody (into doing something)
to force somebody to do something synonym railroad强迫(某人做某事)
Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘intimidate’): from the animal bull + -doze, alteration of the noun dose.