cowed

cowed

美 [kaʊ] 　英

• v.恐吓；威吓
• n.【动】奶牛；肉牛；母牛；雌(象,鲸等)
• adj.使感到胆怯的；自惭形秽的
• 网络被恐吓的；吓倒；害怕的

词形变化

复数：cows  现在分词：cowing  过去式：cowed  

反义词

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.	1. 【动】奶牛,乳牛;肉牛;母牛 2. 雌(象,鲸等) 3. 〈侮辱〉对女性的蔑称
v.	1. 威吓;恐吓;吓

英英解释

n.	1. [Animal]an animal kept by farmers for its milk or meat (a male cow is called a bull, a female is a cow, and a young cow is a calf. Their meat is called beef. The sound a cow makes is written as moo.) 2. the female of some types of animal such as an elephant or whale 3. <offensive>an insulting word for a woman, especially one who is stupid or unkind, mainly in British English
v.	1. to make someone do what you want by frightening them

例句

The battle of Britain had been his first defeat, and the malignant bombing of the cities had not cowed the nation or its Government.

大不列颠战役曾经是他第一次遇到的挫败，对城市进行的残酷轰炸没有吓倒这个国家或它的政府。

Earlier, Mr Stoltenberg said the country had been "shaken by evil" but would not be cowed by terrorism.

早些时候，斯托尔滕贝格曾表示，虽然受到“恶魔的冲击”，但挪威不会被恐怖主义吓倒。

"The roadrunner had so worn down and cowed him that all he wanted to do was just hide, " he said.

而走鹃不但把蛇弄的疲惫不堪，还恐吓他说：我一直都只是在闪躲，还没下手。

The headman of the gypsies, cowed and nervous, was apparently trying to offer explanations.

领头的吉普赛人显然被吓坏了，正在紧张地试图解释。

The anger of such a woman, at such a moment, would have cowed even him.

这样一个女人在这样一个时刻的怒火，就连他也会吓坏的。

She raised her eyes dully when the doctor came in. She was cowed and broken.

医生进去时，她呆呆地抬起了头。她垂头丧气，毫无劲头。

Unlike her mother, she would not be cowed by her husband.

不能像她母亲那样，成天受丈夫的恐吓。

Stupefied by opium, cowed by Western firepower, China was dismissed at the outset of the 20th century as the "sick man of Asia. "

鸦片的麻醉，西方火枪的威吓，在二十世纪的开端中国衰落成为所谓的“东亚病夫”。

In fact they did nothing of the kind , but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt .

事实上他们保持不了，只不过孩子们被吓得不敢让他们知道自己的真实情感而已。

There was a quality in his voice, amiable but dominant, that cowed the others, who were all younger than he.

他的声音和蔼但富有支配力，这种声音的特质震住了他的姐妹们。

Airports and stockmarkets have been closed, but there is an urgent desire to return to normality, to carry on and not be cowed.

机场和股市停业了，但美国人迫切希望一切回归常轨，不惧恐吓，继续前行。

Airports and stock markets have been closed, but there is an urgent desire to return to normality, to carry on and not be cowed.

机场和股票铰易市场被关闭，但是人们仍希望一切都回到正轨，去进行正常的生活而不是被恐吓。

I hope people like the fact we're not going to be cowed into toeing the Labour party line.

我们可不会凡事都顺从工党，希望人们会喜欢这一点。

To his defenders, Benedict is a rare, politically incorrect voice in a world cowed by intellectual conformity.

他的辩护人，笃是一种罕见的，在政治上不正确的发言人在一个权威的世界。

I did not threaten a legal remedy, and I did not get cowed. Rather I found an uncle who the Chinese CEO and I both knew.

当时我没有刻板地引用法律条文，当然也没有被吓倒，而是去找了一个我和中国CEO都认识的“大哥”。

But Ma Yun made him refuse to be cowed or submit spirit, overcome various difficulties, the turnover from 0 to millions.

但是马云以他不屈不挠的精神，克服了种种困难，把营业额从0做到了几百万。

With difficulty he turned to look for his friend and saw him at his side cowed, stricken, and trembling violently.

他费力地转过身去找他的朋友，只见河鼠诚惶诚恐地站在他旁边，浑身剧烈地颤抖。

I did not threaten a legal remedy, and I did not get cowed.

我没有威胁说要打官司，我也没有屈服。

Two previous attempts at popular protest have ended with the crackle of gunfire and the silence of a cowed populace.

前两次颇具民众基础的抗议示威均以武力镇压和受惊民众的沉默而告终。

He appears to have been cowed by continual construction delays at Ras Laffan.

他似乎因拉斯拉凡不断的建设延误而像老黄牛般地忙碌着。

She was indeed somewhat cowed by the ferocious campaign about it.

她确实有点被有关此事所引起的严重骚乱所吓倒。

Rochester 's manner to her becomes more gracious when she is obviously not cowed by his overbearing manner .

显然，她并未被罗切斯特那盛气凌人的样子所吓住，这时他对她的态度才变得谦和起来。

He cowed his wife into obedience.

他把妻子吓得服服帖帖。

Even the most determined parents can be cowed by a child's resolve to eat nothing rather than try something new.

即便是最坚定的父母也会被小孩宁愿不吃东西也不愿尝试新食物的决心威胁到。

She was indeed somewhat cowed by the ferocious campaign about it.

她确实有点被有关此事所引起的严重骚乱所吓倒。

And his very boldness cowed his opponents. It is the same with your mind.

他的这种超级的自信吓到了他的对手，你的思想也可以这样。

but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt.

孩子们只不过被吓得不敢让父母知道自己的想法罢了。

One of the men sipped from a glass of water, looking wary but not cowed.

其中一个人吸了瓶子里装的水，看起来机警而不懦弱。

Both sides are cowed by the memory of Hillary Clinton's disastrous failure to rewrite the rules of American medicine in 1994.

1994年，希拉里•克林顿曾因大幅修改美国医疗规则而惨遭失败，两派人士对这段历史仍记忆犹新，心存余悸。

But not everybody feels so cowed, at least in private.

但并非每个人都被吓成这样，至少私下里不是。

We Chinese people are not to be cowed or deceived.

我们中国人是吓不倒也骗不了的。

Airports and stock markets have been closed, but there is an urgent desiretoreturn to normality, carry on and not be cowed.

机场和股市都已关闭，但是存在一种迫切的愿望是希望一切能够回到正轨，坚持到底，并且不被吓倒。

I guess they don't understand that the citizens will no longer be cowed.

我猜他们不明白的是，公民将不再被吓倒。

Despite his complaint, Mr Boone seemed scarcely cowed by political correctness.

虽然布恩如此抱怨，但看来他几乎没有受到“政治正确”（politicalcorrectness）的威吓。

We shall never be cowed by the bluster of reactionaries .

我们决不会被反动派的气势汹汹所吓倒。

A decade ago angry workers were easily cowed into submission by police or bought off with handouts.

10年前，愤怒的工作很容易就被警察吓退，或者被各种宣传收买。

Fortunately for Argentine democracy, the judges could not be cowed.

值得庆幸的是，为了维护阿根廷民主的尊严，高法法官没有在胁迫下低头。

Though I was not cowed being Team Nigeria's captain, I knew I had to be very diplomatic about the way I went about the job.

虽然我没有被吓倒被尼日利亚队的队长，我知道我必须非常外交的方式对我对这项工作了。

If anything, people today are more cowed by celebrityhood and stardom than they've ever been before.

如果有什么区别的话，就是今天的人们更容易被上流名人及明星们所唬弄。

He is not the kind of man who is likely to be cowed into submission.

他不是那种吓一吓就可能屈从的人。

While newspapers such as Mr Petkoff's are highly critical, private sector broadcasters have been largely cowed into submission.

尽管包括佩特科夫的《TalCual》在内的许多报纸多有批评之辞，但私营广播公司大多在恐吓之下选择了屈服。