overawe
vt.威慑,威震
难易程度:
overawe为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:overawed 过去分词:overawed 现在分词:overawing 第三人称单数:overawes
overawe
/,əʊvər'ɔ:; ,ovɚ`ɔ/
v [Tn usu passive 通常用于被动语态] cause (sb) to feel a great deal of fear and respect 使(某人)大感敬畏
*overawed into submission by senior colleagues 被高职同事慑服
* He was overawed by rather grand surroundings. 周围景象十分壮丽, 他为之惊叹不已.
overawe
v [T usually passive]
to make someone feel respect or fear, so that they are nervous or unable to say or do anything
He was totally overawed by his father.
>overawedadj