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use sth as a bludgeon
（名词用法）比喻把某事物用作攻击或施压的工具。
The mayor used the budget crisis as a bludgeon against her opponents.
市长把预算危机当作攻击反对者的大棒。
大头棒
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
大头棒
a club used as a weapon
The mayor used the budget crisis as a bludgeon against her opponents.
市长把预算危机当作攻击反对者的大棒。
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
The museum guide explained that medieval soldiers would bludgeon their enemies with iron clubs.
博物馆导游解释说，中世纪的士兵会用铁棍猛击敌人。
The union leader claimed the company tried to bludgeon workers into accepting a pay cut.
工会领袖声称，公司试图强迫工人接受减薪。
The journalist bludgeoned the politician with tough questions during the interview.
采访中，记者用尖锐的问题不断诘问那位政治家。
（名词用法）比喻把某事物用作攻击或施压的工具。
The mayor used the budget crisis as a bludgeon against her opponents.
市长把预算危机当作攻击反对者的大棒。
（动词用法）表示用重物击打；介词 with 后接所用的工具。
He bludgeoned the lock with a heavy wrench.
他用一把沉重的扳手猛砸那把锁。
（动词用法，比喻义）表示强迫某人做某事；被动形式 be bludgeoned into doing sth 也很常见。
The manager bludgeoned the staff into signing the new contract.
经理强迫员工签署新合同。
Not this
The robber hit him with bludgeon.
Use this
The robber hit him with a bludgeon.
bludgeon 是可数名词，单数形式前通常需要冠词或限定词；这里第一次提到要用 a，不能省略。
Not this
They bludgeoned him to sign the contract.
Use this
They bludgeoned him into signing the contract.
动词 bludgeon 表示“强迫”时，搭配结构是 bludgeon somebody into doing something，用介词 into 加动词-ing 形式，而不是带 to 的不定式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
用大头棒打死
The victim was bludgeoned to death in a park.
受害者被人用大头棒打死在公园里。
迫使某人做某事
The manager bludgeoned her into accepting the extra work.
经理迫使她接受了额外的工作。
强行通过；靠暴力开路
He bludgeoned his way through the crowd.
他在人群中横冲直撞，强行开路。
手持大头棒
The police said the man was armed with a bludgeon.
警方称那名男子手持大头棒。
迫使某人做某事
They tried to bludgeon the committee into approving the plan.
他们试图迫使委员会批准该计划。
逼某人屈服
The new manager bludgeoned the team into submission with constant criticism.
新经理用不断的批评逼迫团队屈服。
强行推进，硬闯
He bludgeoned his way to the top of the company.
他一路拼杀，登上了公司的高层。
Use bludgeon naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 bludgeon 拆成 b-lud-geon，想象一根粗大的木棒（大头棒）把人打服，引申为强迫。
语域：mixed 常见场景：新闻报道、犯罪描写、政治评论 该词兼作名词和动词：名词指大头棒，多用于犯罪或历史语境，语体中性；动词字面义为用棍棒打击，引申义为强行说服或强迫，多见于新闻报道或正式书面语。整体语体偏书面，口语中较少见。
与 bludgeon（/ˈblʌdʒən/）押韵（/ʌdʒən/）：dudgeon、curmudgeon。注意拼写相似但发音不同的词：dungeon 读作 /ˈdʌndʒən/，多了一个 /n/；surgeon 和 burgeon 读作 /ˈsɜːrdʒən/、/ˈbɜːrdʒən/，元音不同；pigeon 读作 /ˈpɪdʒɪn/，结尾不是 /dʒən/。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.