Word · Frequency #9564
intimidate
恐吓；威胁；使害怕
核心释义
to make someone feel frightened or nervous, especially in order to make them do something
- 1.
恐吓；使胆怯或害怕；尤指以暴力威胁使畏惧或退缩。
To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
恐吓；使胆怯或害怕；尤指以暴力威胁使畏惧或退缩。；威胁；恐吓；[法] 恐吓；使恐惧
用法In use
The bully tried to intimidate the younger students by threatening them.
用法提示：这里使用不定式结构，表示恐吓的目的。
She felt intimidated by the large crowd during her speech.
用法提示：intimidated作为过去分词，描述受恐吓的状态。
His aggressive tone is meant to intimidate his opponents.
用法提示：不定式短语表示目的，说明恐吓的意图。
intimidate sb
直接接被恐吓的对象。
The bully tried to intimidate the new student.
那个恶霸试图恐吓新来的学生。
intimidate sb into doing sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- intimidate someone into doing something
- 威胁某人做某事
- The gang tried to intimidate the shopkeeper into paying protection money.那伙歹徒试图威胁店主支付保护费。
- feel intimidated
- 感到害怕/受威胁
- She felt intimidated by the large crowd.她被一大群人吓到了。
- intimidating appearance
- 吓人的外表
- His intimidating appearance made people keep their distance.他吓人的外表使人们保持距离。
- intimidate witnesses
- 恐吓证人
- The defendant was accused of trying to intimidate witnesses.被告被指控试图恐吓证人。
- try to intimidate
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
intimidate 里藏有 timid（胆小的），威胁就是让人变得胆小。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律/执法、职场/权力关系、日常冲突 intimidate 一词的语域随语境变化：在法律或正式场景中较常见，但也可用于描述日常中的恐吓行为，通常含有一定的正式意味。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like 'graduate', 'estimate', 'articulate', 'fascinate', and 'eliminate' rhyme with 'intimidate' because they share the same ending sound /eɪt/. However, 'immediate' looks similar but ends with /ət/ and does not rhyme.
用法优先级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。
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