intimidate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they intimidate | |
| he / she / it intimidates | |
| past simple intimidated | |
| past participle intimidated | |
| -ing form intimidating |
- intimidate somebody (into something/into doing something)
to frighten or threaten somebody so that they will do what you want 恐吓；威胁 They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。 She refused to be intimidated by their threats. 她没有被他们的威胁吓倒。
Extra ExamplesHe was not a man to be easily intimidated. 他不是一个能被轻易吓倒的人。 She did not feel intimidated by him. 她并未觉得受到了他的威胁。 The police had tried to intimidate him into signing a confession. 警方曾试图胁迫他签署认罪书。 Buildings were set on fire in an attempt to intimidate our members. 为了恐吓我们的成员，大楼被放火焚烧。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- physically
- psychologically
- try to
- into
- an attempt to intimidate somebody
- an effort to intimidate somebody
- be easily intimidated
- …
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin intimidat- ‘made timid’, from the verb intimidare (based on timidus ‘timid’).