boss sb
指对某人行使控制权或反复支使某人。
She bosses the new interns.
她对新来的实习生发号施令。
用浮雕装饰；压花；行使权威控制；告诉(某人)该做什么,通常是反复地。；用浮雕装饰；控制
To tell someone what to do, especially in a forceful or annoying way.
行使权威控制；告诉(某人)该做什么,通常是反复地。
To exercise authoritative control over; to tell (someone) what to do, often repeatedly.
用浮雕装饰
To decorate with bosses; to emboss.
一般现在时
She bosses everyone around the office.
她在办公室里指挥所有人。
一般过去时
He bossed the team during the project.
他在项目中指挥了团队。
现在进行时
He is bossing his subordinates right now.
他现在正在指挥他的下属。
规则动词
My older sister always bosses me when we do housework.
我姐姐做家务时总是指挥我。
用法提示：这里boss作动词，表示指挥、发号施令。
He got bossed by the new manager on his first day.
他第一天就被新经理指挥。
用法提示：这里bossed是过去分词，表示被指挥。
Stop bossing your classmates; let them work independently.
别指挥你的同学了，让他们独立工作。
用法提示：这里bossing是动名词形式，表示指挥的行为。
指对某人行使控制权或反复支使某人。
She bosses the new interns.
她对新来的实习生发号施令。
常用短语动词，强调不断支使某人，含贬义。
Stop bossing me around!
别对我指手画脚了！
短语动词的被动形式，表示被某人反复支使。
He is always bossed around by his older brother.
他总被哥哥支来支去。
grammar · medium
易错句子My new manager often boss me at work.
正确表达My new manager often bosses me at work.
一般现在时里，主语是第三人称单数（my new manager）时动词要加 -s，所以用 bosses。汉语动词没有人称变化，容易漏掉这个 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子Yesterday afternoon the supervisor boss us for an hour.
正确表达Yesterday afternoon the supervisor bossed us for an hour.
句子说的是昨天发生的事，要用过去式 bossed；英语靠动词形式变化表示过去，汉语只用“了”“昨天”这类词，动词本身不变，所以容易仍写成 boss。
grammar · medium
易错句子The head of the department is very boss and never listens.
正确表达The head of the department is very bossy and never listens.
本词条的 boss 是动词，不能放在 be 动词后作形容词表语；表示“爱指挥人的、专横的”要用形容词 bossy。汉语常直接用名词性字眼，容易造成词性混淆。
支使某人做这做那；对某人发号施令
He always bosses his little brother around.
他总是支使他弟弟做这做那。
支使某人；对某人颐指气使
She's always bossing her colleagues about.
她总是对同事们颐指气使。
被支使；被呼来喝去
I refuse to be bossed around by anyone.
我拒绝被任何人呼来喝去。
发号施令；摆出老板派头
He thinks he can boss it over the whole team.
他以为自己可以对整个团队发号施令。
员工是被 boss 的人，常出现在上级指挥下属的场景中。
被 boss 的人通常会被分配或要求完成任务。
会议是上级布置工作、不断催促的常见场合。
办公室是 boss 行为最常发生的环境。
老板督促下属时常提到截止日期，强调紧迫感。
对某人发号施令；把某人指挥得团团转
Stop bossing me around – I know what to do.
别对我发号施令了——我知道该做什么。
（在表演、工作等中）干得出色，轻松驾驭
She walked into the meeting and totally bossed it.
她走进会议室，把整场会议拿捏得游刃有余。
（在足球等运动中）掌控中场，成为中场核心
The captain bossed the midfield and set up two goals.
队长掌控了中场，并助攻了两个进球。
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