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bul·ly noun /ˈbʊli/ /ˈbʊli/ (plural bullies) - a person who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt weaker people仗势欺人者；横行霸道者
- the school bully学校里的恶霸学生
- Leave him alone, you big bully!离他远点，你这个大坏蛋！
- school/playground bullies学校里的霸王学生；游戏场上的霸王
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivebully + verb- pick on somebody
- beat somebody up
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch boele ‘lover’. Original use was as a term of endearment applied to either sex; it later became a familiar form of address to a male friend. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.
bul·ly verb /ˈbʊli/ /ˈbʊli/ - to frighten or hurt a weaker person; to use your strength or power to make somebody do something恐吓；伤害；胁迫
- bully somebody My son is being bullied at school.我儿子在学校里受欺负。
- bully somebody into something/into doing something I won't be bullied into signing anything.我绝不会屈服于压力签署任何东西。
Extra Examples- Don't be bullied by people who shout at you.不要被对你大喊大叫的人欺负。
- He was bullied rather than persuaded into going with them.他是被欺负而不是被说服与他们一起去的。
- I could hear the doctor bullying his patients in a good-natured way.我能听到医生善意地欺负他的病人。
- I suppose I got bullied into it by my family.我想我是被家人欺负的。
- Sometimes the older girls bullied us and made us give them our sweets.有时，年长的女孩会欺负我们，让我们给她们糖果。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably from Middle Dutch boele ‘lover’. Original use was as a term of endearment applied to either sex; it later became a familiar form of address to a male friend. The current sense dates from the late 17th cent.
bul·ly exclamation /ˈbʊli/ /ˈbʊli/ Idioms Idioms - (informal) used to show that you do not think that what somebody has said or done is very impressive没什么了不起
- He's got a job in New York? Well, bully for him!他在纽约找到了份工作？哼，那没什么了不起！
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