【bully】 - A-level备考词汇

bully

UK:  ['bʊli]

US:  ['bʊli]

复数：bullies  现在分词：bullying  过去式：bullied  

v.

1.威吓;欺侮,欺负

2.欺侮,欺负;呼么喝六,大呼小叫,专横跋扈

3.恐吓,威吓,威逼

4.盛气凌人,以强凌弱

5.藐视;盛气凌人地说

6.骂

n.

1.暴徒;欺侮弱者的人;(学校中)以大欺小的学生;〔古语〕打手

2.暴徒,恶棍,欺软怕硬的家伙

3.恶霸;暴徒

4.霸道

5.罐头牛肉

6.(足球等的)争球

7.〔古语〕妓女的保镖,妓院的拉客者

8.〔古语〕情人;好朋友;好家伙

9.凶暴的鸡

10.混战

adj.

1.恶霸一样的,盛气凌人的

2.第一流的,顶好的

3.快活的

int.

1.好极了

1 . He was a bully always picking fights-Wall Street, health insurers, oil companies, the U. S. Chamber of Commerce. He took on all comers.
他是个好斗之人，从华尔街、医疗保险公司、石油公司到美国商会（U.S.ChamberofCommerce），他跟所有人较量过。

2 . I'm afraid I was a bit of a bully, which caused my parents a lot of trouble.
恐怕我有点爱欺负人，那替我爸妈惹来了很多麻烦。

3 . Here's a look at how Apple has shoved Microsoft aside as the company with the worst reputation as a monopolist, copycat and a bully.
来看看苹果如何把取代微软成为最臭名昭著的垄断者、抄袭者、业霸。

4 . And their goal seems to be to bully the Obama administration into abandoning those rescue efforts.
他们的目标似乎是恐吓奥巴马当局停止拯救计划。

5 . Don't be afraid of that bully. He's nothing but a paper tiger.
你用不着怕那个欺负弱小的人，他只是一只纸老虎。