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| | VERB | | | /ˈkɔːnə/ | | | | 1 | T to find someone and make them talk to you when they have been trying to avoid this 强与…面谈 | He cornered me and asked me why I was late. 他硬缠着我,问我为什么迟到。 | | 1a | to force a person or animal into a place that they cannot move away from 把…逼到角落;把(人或动物)逼入困境 | | He cornered her and tried to kiss her. 他把她逼到角落里,企图吻她。 | | have sb/sth cornered The dogs had the cat cornered. 那些狗把那只猫逼到了角落里。 | | | 1b | to put someone in a situation where they have to do something that you want 迫使(某人做某事) | | Cornered, he handed her the letter. 他被逼无奈,只好把信递给她。 | | | | | 2 | T to get control of an area of business so that no one else can succeed in it , for example because you own all the supply of a particular product 垄断 | Hamden had managed to corner the entire grain supply. 哈姆登曾经设法垄断了整个谷物供应市场。 | | corner the market (in sth) Her company has cornered the market in frozen vegetarian meals. 她的公司垄断了整个冷冻素食市场。 | | | | 3 | I if a car corners, it moves around a corner or bend in the road (汽车)拐弯,转弯 | | |