browbeat

[USA]/ˈbraʊbiːt/
[UK]/ˈbraʊbiːt/
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Oversættelse

Verb: at intimidere eller dominere på en påtrængende måde, ved hjælp af ord eller udtryk.
Word Forms
Past Tensebrowbeat
Present Participlebrowbeating
Third Person Singularbrowbeats
Past Participlebrowbeaten

Eksempelsætninger

They browbeat him into signing the document.

De intimiderede ham til at underskrive dokumentet.

We shall never allow our police to browbeat prisoners into admitting their guilt.

Vi vil aldrig tillade vores politi at intimidere fanger til at tilstå deres skyld.

Synonyms bludgeon, bluster, ||bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, dragoon, hector, ||ruffle, strong-arm, terrorize

Synonymer: bludgeon, bluster, ||bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, dragoon, hector, ||ruffle, strong-arm, terrorize

She tried to browbeat her employees into working overtime.

Hun forsøgte at intimidere sine medarbejdere til at arbejde overtid.

He constantly browbeats his younger brother into doing his chores.

Han intimidere konstant sin lillebror til at udføre hans pligter.

The manager used intimidation tactics to browbeat the team into meeting the deadline.

Ledelsen brugte intimideringstaktikker til at intimidere holdet til at overholde fristen.

The coach won't browbeat the players but motivates them through positive reinforcement.

Træneren vil ikke intimidere spillerne, men motivere dem gennem positiv forstærkning.

She refused to be browbeaten by her boss and stood up for herself.

Hun nægtede at blive intimidert af sin chef og stod op for sig selv.

The teacher doesn't believe in browbeating students to get good grades.

Læreren tror ikke på at intimidere elever for at få gode karakterer.

The politician tried to browbeat his opponents during the debate.

Politikeren forsøgte at intimidere sine modstandere under debatten.

He used his position of authority to browbeat others into submission.

Han brugte sin autoritet til at intimidere andre til at underkaste sig.

The aggressive salesperson tried to browbeat the customer into making a purchase.

Den aggressive sælger forsøgte at intimidere kunden til at foretage et køb.

She felt uncomfortable with his attempts to browbeat her into agreeing with him.

Hun følte sig utilpas ved hans forsøg på at intimidere hende til at være enig med ham.

Virkelige Eksempler

It was Elfride's first fragile attempt at browbeating a lover.

Det var Elfrides første skrøbelige forsøg på at intimidere en elsker.

Kilde: A pair of blue eyes (Part 1)

Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned?

Hvorfor led jeg altid, blev altid intimidert, blev altid anklaget, for evigt fordømt?

Kilde: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

It was whispered in one browbeaten textile union that the mute was an organizer for the C.I.O.

Det blev hvisket i en browbeaten tekstilforening, at den stumme var en arrangør for C.I.O.

Kilde: The heart is a lonely hunter.

The vision of what ought to have been is thrown aside in sheer weariness, and browbeaten human endeavour listlessly makes the best of the fact that is.

Visionen af, hvad der burde have været, er skubbet til side i ren træthed, og browbeaten menneskelig indsats laver i håbløshed det bedste ud af det, der er.

Kilde: Returning Home

And when this woman can no longer bludgeon, browbeat, or bully her nieces into coming to see her, she has one of her " spells" .

Og når denne kvinde ikke længere kan slå, intimidere eller true sine niecer til at komme og besøge hende, har hun en af sine 'besværrelser'.

Kilde: The virtues of human nature.

Regrettably, his approach to the issue so far differs little from Mr Abe's: tax incentives and browbeating, with a bit of a boost for public-sector workers.

Desværre er hans tilgang til spørgsmålet indtil videre ikke meget anderledes end hr. Abes: skatteincitamenter og intimidering, med et lille boost til offentligt ansatte.

Kilde: Economist Finance and economics

Crucially, in this original vision, the IMF would help members weather financial instability without browbeating them into undertaking painful policies such as cutting budgets or raising interest rates in the middle of a recession.

Centralt i denne oprindelige vision ville IMF hjælpe medlemmer med at klare sig gennem økonomisk ustabilitet uden at intimidere dem til at gennemføre smertefulde politikker som at skære i budgetter eller hæve rentesatser midt i en recession.

Kilde: The Guardian (Article Version)

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