broach
verb/brəʊtʃ/
/brəʊtʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they broach | /brəʊtʃ/ /brəʊtʃ/ |
| he / she / it broaches | /ˈbrəʊtʃɪz/ /ˈbrəʊtʃɪz/ |
| past simple broached | /brəʊtʃt/ /brəʊtʃt/ |
| past participle broached | /brəʊtʃt/ /brəʊtʃt/ |
| -ing form broaching | /ˈbrəʊtʃɪŋ/ /ˈbrəʊtʃɪŋ/ |
- broach something (to/with somebody) to begin talking about a subject that is difficult to discuss, especially because it is embarrassing or because people disagree about it
开始谈论，引入（尤指令人尴尬或有异议的话题） - She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father.
她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。 - The report fails to broach some important questions.
该报告未能提出一些重要问题。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryBroach is used with these nouns as the object:- matter
- subject
- topic
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French brochier, based on Latin brocchus, broccus ‘projecting’. The earliest recorded sense was ‘prick with spurs’, generally ‘pierce’. The current sense is a figurative use of this and dates from the late 16th cent. - She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father.