overawe
英 [ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔː]
美 [ˌoʊ.vɚˈɑː]
- vt. 威慑；吓住；使大感敬畏
中文词源
overawe 使极为敬畏
over-,超过，过度，awe,敬畏。
英语词源
- overawe (v.)
- 1570s, from over- + awe (v.). Perhaps coined by Spenser. Related: Overawed; overawing.
权威例句
- 1. The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.
- 整个市中心区有着一种高傲的神气,好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安.
- 2. Truth does not strike a pose to overawe people but talks and acts honestly and sincerely.
- 凡真理都不装样子吓人,它只是老老实实地说下去和做下去.