put the screws on

put the screws on

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• 网络对某人施加压力

例句

America and Europe decided to put the screws on Japan to get her to "voluntarily" reduce automobile exports.

美国和欧洲决定对日本施加压力，要其“自动”减少汽车的出口。

how mny of us can put the screws on a son and convince him that he must abandon his idea of a career and take up the idea of finding work?

我们当中又有多少人能强迫儿子认识到他必须抛弃他有关事业的想法而抱着寻找工作的念头？

As he refused to return the money, we had to put the screws on him.

他不肯还钱，我们只有出手段逼他还了。

Loan sharks often use gangsters to put the screws on people who do not meet their payment deadlines.

高利贷者常常利用流氓对不按期还钱的人们进行威胁。

You've got to put the screws on those kids.

你得对那些孩子施加压力。

He has also commented that the science minister should "put the screws" on "feeble scientists" to get better results.

他还评论说，科学部长应向“愚蠢的科学家”“施加压力”，从而获得更好的结果。