Word · Frequency #20704
sandbag
用沙袋筑堤（防护）
to build a wall or barrier of sandbags around something
- 1.
To construct a barrier of sandbags (around).
用沙袋构筑屏障
- 2.
To strike (someone) with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.
用沙袋或其他物体打击(某人)使其失去能力或失去知觉
- 3.
treat harshly or unfairly
严厉或不公平地对待
- 4.
To conceal or misrepresent one's true position, potential, or intent in order to gain an advantage; (originally poker) to pretend to have a weak hand, as a strategy.
隐藏或歪曲自己的真实立场、潜力或意图以获取优势；(原指扑克)假装手牌弱以作为策略。
- 5.
compel by coercion, threats, or crude means
通过胁迫、威胁或粗暴手段强迫
- 6.
To blindside; to deceive; to undermine.
暗算；欺骗；削弱
- 7.
To premake dishes (prepare them in advance) (intransitive); to premake (dishes) (transitive).
预先制作菜肴(不及物)；预先制作(菜肴)(及物)。
- 8.
To pretend to drink alcohol early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table".
假装早期喝酒,以便在夜晚继续喝酒时能比其他人喝得更多
用沙袋（或类似物）击昏；虐待；不公平对待；隐瞒实力；故意示弱（以谋利）；胁迫；强制；使措手不及；欺骗；暗中破坏
In use
The manager sandbagged his opponent in the meeting by presenting false data.
They sandbagged him into signing the contract by threatening to fire his family.
During the debate, she felt sandbagged by unexpected accusations.
They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone
Verb forms
base sandbag · third person sandbags · -ing sandbagging · past sandbagged · past participle sandbagged
Connections
Collocations
- sandbag the levee
- 用沙袋加固堤坝
- Volunteers worked all night to sandbag the levee.志愿者们通宵工作，用沙袋加固堤坝。
- sandbag someone with a question
- 用问题使某人措手不及
- The reporter sandbagged the mayor with a question about the scandal.记者就丑闻提出一个问题，让市长措手不及。
- sandbag with a strong hand
- （扑克中）以强手牌故意示弱
- He sandbagged with a strong hand, and his opponent fell into the trap.他以强手牌故意示弱，对手落入了陷阱。
Idioms & figurative uses
- sandbag someone
- 暗算某人；使某人措手不及He felt his opponent had sandbagged him during the debate.他觉得对手在辩论中暗算了他。
- sandbag the competition
- 对竞争对手故意保留实力以占优势The team was accused of sandbagging the competition by hiding their fastest runner.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个沙袋（sandbag）砸下来：既可筑堤防御，也可把人打昏，所以引申为‘暗算、隐瞒实力’。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：flood control、military fortification、poker / sports competition、workplace conflict 该词作动词时含义较多，语域不统一：表示“用沙袋构筑”时通常用于书面或工程语境；表示“隐藏实力/真实意图以占优势”或“严厉指责/暗算”时多用于非正式口语。建议根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These six words all rhyme with the final syllable of sandbag: they end in /-æɡ/ (bag, rag, tag, flag, drag, brag). The word bag is spelled exactly like the final part of sandbag. Beware lookalikes such as barge (/bɑːrdʒ/) and sage (/seɪdʒ/), which look similar but have different vowel and final consonant sounds.
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.