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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。
对…发号施令；支使；颐指气使
bossing around — present participle of boss around
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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
She always bosses her younger brother around.
她总是对弟弟颐指气使。
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。
To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
boss around
Base
原形
bosses around
3rd person
第三人称单数
bossing around
-ing
现在分词
bossed around
Past
过去式
bossed around
Past participle
过去分词
She always bosses her little brother around.
她总是把弟弟使唤来使唤去。
Yesterday he bossed everyone around at the office.
昨天他在办公室里对每个人都颐指气使。
My manager is bossing us around again.
我的经理又开始对我们指手画脚了。
「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。
My older brother always tries to boss me around, but I ignore him.
我哥哥总是想对我颐指气使，但我不理他。
She doesn't like being bossed around by her colleagues.
她不喜欢被同事颐指气使。
Stop bossing everyone around and let them work at their own pace.
别再对大家颐指气使了，让他们按自己的节奏工作。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
He likes to boss around.
Use this
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。
Not this
She always bosses her coworkers.
Use this
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。
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及物动词短语，宾语须置于around之后
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