Word · Frequency #8526
bully
欺负；欺凌；恐吓
to frighten or hurt someone weaker; to act aggressively towards someone
- 1.
To intimidate (someone) as a bully.
像恶霸一样恐吓(某人)。
- 2.
To act aggressively towards.
表现得具有攻击性。
- 3.
be bossy towards
对...专横
对…专横；对…颐指气使；像恶霸一样恐吓(某人)。；表现得具有攻击性。；对...专横；威胁
In use
He bullies his classmates because he feels insecure.
The older students bullied the new kid every day.
Stop bullying your little brother!
Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
bully sb
He likes to bully younger students.
他喜欢欺负低年级学生。
bully sb into doing sth
表示通过威胁或恐吓迫使某人做某事。
They bullied him into signing the contract.
他们强迫他签了合同。
Verb forms
base bully · third person bullies · -ing bullying · past bullied · past participle bullied
规则动词，过去式直接加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- bully someone
- 欺负某人
- He bullied his classmates.他欺负他的同学。
- bully someone into something
- 胁迫某人做某事
- They bullied him into signing the contract.他们胁迫他签了合同。
- bully someone out of something
- 胁迫某人放弃某事
- She bullied him out of his inheritance.她胁迫他放弃继承权。
- get bullied
- 被欺负
- He got bullied at school.他在学校被欺负了。
Pop culture & quotes
- You can't just go around calling people bullies.
- 你不能到处叫别人恶霸。In the movie Mean Girls, Regina George says, 'You can't just go around calling people bullies.'在电影《贱女孩》中，Regina George说：‘你不能到处叫别人恶霸。’
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'牛（bull）'欺负弱小，记住bully就是欺负。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：school、workplace、social media “bully”作动词时，通常用于中性语境，指在校园、职场或网络中对他人实施欺压行为。
Grammar Note
常用于 bully sb into doing sth 结构
Pronunciation & Spelling
Fully, pulley, and woolly rhyme with bully (stressed vowel /ʊ/ and following /li/). Belly looks similar but sounds different (/ˈbɛli/).
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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