【broach】 - A-level备考词汇

broach

UK:  [brəʊtʃ]

US:  [broʊtʃ]

第三人称单数：broaches  现在分词：broaching  过去式：broached  

v.

1.提,提出,提到,说出

2.提出讨论题目

3.在(桶等)上开孔[打眼];向(矿藏等)里面开采[凿进];(用凿子)开(洞),把(眼子)弄大

4.(风浪)使(船)横转

5.说出,提倡,提议;首次宣布

6.谈,讨论;说明

7.把(肉等)串在铁叉上

8.(船因风向改变而)横转〔有倾覆危险〕;侧,横向

9.(鲸鱼、鱼雷等)冒出海面

10.【建筑】粗刻;【机械工程】拉削

n.

1.铰刀

2.拔髓针柄

3.(女服)饰针

4.旋钻

5.艇身奕横

6.锥形工具

7.尖塔,(塔上)尖阁

8.铁叉,烤肉叉

9.【机械工程】三角锥;钻头;扩孔器;拉刀;(石工用的)宽凿

1 . However, it was difficult for me to broach the subject which had brought her. Most likely Marguerite understood this, for she went on.
然而我很难开口谈为什么叫她到这里来的理由，玛格丽特大概了解了我的意思，因为她接着又说。

2 . Haley and the stranger smoked a while in silence , neither seeming willing to broach the test question of the business .
海利和那陌生人默默无言地吸了一会儿烟，好象谁都不愿先提这笔生意中最伤脑筋的问题。

3 . A couple of weeks ago I tried to broach the matter but he looked as if he was about to have a coronary, so I shut up.
几周前，我设法把这个问题提出来，但他看上去好像就要犯心脏病了，因此我闭上了嘴。

4 . but before she could broach the subject Martin plunged into the one with which he was full.
但是不等她谈到本题，马丁已经谈开了他自己的题目，他满肚子就是他那题目。

5 . There are deep issues in your life now that similarly need to be addressed, even if they aren't easy to broach.
眼下你的生活中就有一些深刻的问题，尽管难以启齿，却同样亟需解决。