Phrase
boss around
对…发号施令；支使；颐指气使
to act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior
- 1.
To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
以专横的态度对待他人,无论自己是否是对方的上级,都命令对方做事。
以专横的态度对待他人,无论自己是否是对方的上级,都命令对方做事。；颐指气使
In use
My older brother always tries to boss me around, but I ignore him.
She doesn't like being bossed around by her colleagues.
Stop bossing everyone around and let them work at their own pace.
boss [someone] around
宾语放在boss和around之间。
She always bosses her younger brother around.
她总是对弟弟颐指气使。
boss around [someone]
宾语放在around之后，不如第一种常见。
He likes to boss around his colleagues.
他喜欢对同事发号施令。
be bossed around
被动结构，强调被驱使。
I don't like being bossed around.
我不喜欢被人呼来喝去。
Verb forms
base boss around · third person bosses around · -ing bossing around · past bossed around · past participle bossed around
「boss around」是及物动词短语，宾语多为人，表示以专横的态度命令、指使他人。
Common mistakes
He likes to boss around.He likes to boss people around.
短语动词boss around是及物的，必须接宾语（被支使的人）。中文'颐指气使'可以不带宾语，但英文必须带宾语。
She always bosses her coworkers.She always bosses her coworkers around.
boss around是固定短语，缺少around会导致意思变为'管理'或'指挥'，而非'颐指气使'。记住搭配around。
Connections
Confusing words
- push around
- 欺负，摆布 · boss around 指命令别人做这做那，侧重指挥；push around 指用力量或权威欺负、摆布某人，侧重欺凌。
Word family
- bosses around
- third person singular
- bossed around
- past, past participle
- bossing around
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
及物动词短语，宾语须置于around之后
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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