strong-arm
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈstrɒŋ.aːm/us/ˈstrɑːŋ.ɑːrm/a strong-arm tactic/method
amethodor atypeofbehaviourthatinvolvesusingforceandthreatsto makepeopledo what youwant:
高压策略／强制手段Policeresorted to strong-armtacticstobreakup theprotest.警方采取强制手段驱散抗议人群。
Violent or aggressive
- aggressive
- aggressively
- aggressiveness
- aggro
- agonistic
- ferocity
- fierce
- fierceness
- fighting words
- flex
- pugnacious
- pugnacity
- rabble-rousing
- raging
- Rambo
- viciousness
- violence
- warlike
- warmonger
- warmongering
strong-arm
verb[T]
disapprovinguk/ˈstrɒŋ.aːm/us/ˈstrɑːŋ.ɑːrm/to useforceandthreatsto makepeopledo what youwant:
用威胁、武力强制We never strong-armed anybody. I toldpeopleabout thewebsiteand they could take it orleaveit.我们从不威逼任何人，我跟他们介绍这个网站，他们可以来了解也可以不来。
Causing somebody to act
- arm-twisting
- bludgeon
- bounce
- bouncesomeoneintosomething
- bulldoze
- bully
- forcibly
- holdsomeoneto ransomidiom
- impel
- impose
- jolt
- railroad
- ramsomethingintosomeone
- reduce
- reducesomeonetosomething
- reimpose
- reimposition
- slap
- squeeze
- trap