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overawe

overawe

[英] [ˌəʊvəˈɔ:] [美] [ˌovɚˈɔ] 生词本

vt.

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1. VERB 使极为敬畏;慑服 If you are overawed by something or someone, you are very impressed by them and a little afraid of them. 
  • Don't be overawed by people in authority, however important they are...

    不管当官儿的职权有多大,都不要被他们吓倒。

  • He's never been overawed or intimidated by big occasions.

    各种大场合都没让他犯过憷。

overawed
  • Benjamin said that he had been rather overawed to meet one of the Billington family.

    本杰明说他对与比林顿家族的一员会面深感惶恐。

Verb

1. subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

  • synonym: cow
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。

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