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单词 arm-twisting
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Definition of arm-twisting in English:

arm-twisting

noun
mass nouninformal
  • The action of pressurizing someone into doing something they are unwilling do do.

    a day of arm-twisting by government whips

    政府督导员一整天的施压。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Paul Brown Stadium opened in 2000 after years of friendly persuasion and arm-twisting.
    • Two of the team were caught and plead guilty to manslaughter, but due to arm-twisting by the French, the government was forced to transfer them to French custody.
    • It took a lot of arm-twisting for me to be persuaded to publish the script in Dream Country, which I agreed to mostly because I'd wanted so much as a young writer to see what a comics script looked like.
    • Ultimately, despite aggressive administration and business arm-twisting, both houses of Congress voted to block the new rule.
    • Expect a little more arm-twisting from the government, and an eventual approval of the resolution.
    • There were reports of intense political arm-twisting in the corridors of Westminster, with some MPs complaining that ministers were warning potential rebels that they could bring down the Government.
    • No amount of arm-twisting or cajoling could change that political reality.
    • Discreet arm-twisting by President Clinton to encourage an increase in production may provide a short term solution, but with winter approaching in the rich northern countries, demand is unlikely to fall.
    • Any arm-twisting or gentle persuasion presumably took place in corridor huddles or late-night conversations.
    • With all the political arm-twisting over climate change going on before G8 begins, the BBC as usual missed the real story this morning.

Derivatives

  • arm-twist

  • verb ˈɑːmˌtwɪstˈɑrmˌtwɪst
    [with object]informal
    • Pressurize into doing something.

      he arm-twisted the club into a sale
      Example sentencesExamples
      • First Roosevelt demanded that Japan quit Indo-China, where the local Vichy-inclined administration had been arm-twisted into a quasi-alliance with Japan, then that Japan vacate China, both on threat of a US oil cut-off.
      • We'll revise Government guidance which arm-twists councils into unwise speed bump schemes.
      • His only ally was his younger protégé, Vice President Dick Cheney, who arm-twisted the Bush camp to give Rumsfeld the job of Defense Secretary.

Definition of arm-twisting in US English:

arm-twisting

nounˈɑrmˌtwɪstɪŋˈärmˌtwistiNG
informal
  • Persuasion by the use of physical force or moral pressure.

    〈非正式〉以武力(或道义压力)迫使信服,施压

    eight years of arguing and diplomatic arm-twisting
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Two of the team were caught and plead guilty to manslaughter, but due to arm-twisting by the French, the government was forced to transfer them to French custody.
    • Any arm-twisting or gentle persuasion presumably took place in corridor huddles or late-night conversations.
    • Expect a little more arm-twisting from the government, and an eventual approval of the resolution.
    • Discreet arm-twisting by President Clinton to encourage an increase in production may provide a short term solution, but with winter approaching in the rich northern countries, demand is unlikely to fall.
    • Paul Brown Stadium opened in 2000 after years of friendly persuasion and arm-twisting.
    • Ultimately, despite aggressive administration and business arm-twisting, both houses of Congress voted to block the new rule.
    • It took a lot of arm-twisting for me to be persuaded to publish the script in Dream Country, which I agreed to mostly because I'd wanted so much as a young writer to see what a comics script looked like.
    • There were reports of intense political arm-twisting in the corridors of Westminster, with some MPs complaining that ministers were warning potential rebels that they could bring down the Government.
    • With all the political arm-twisting over climate change going on before G8 begins, the BBC as usual missed the real story this morning.
    • No amount of arm-twisting or cajoling could change that political reality.
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