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    To make someone feel scared or less confident, often on purpose, by using your size, your voice, your anger, or your power over them. People can intimidate others without touching them — a hard stare, a loud voice, or just being bigger and more powerful can be enough.

    恐嚇；使膽怯

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組成in- + timid (easily scared) + -ate (turns it into a verb) — literally "to make timid."

同家族的字

  • timidshares the same root, meaning "easily scared"

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

intimidateverb/ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/

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    To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.

    • He's trying to intimidate you. If you ignore him, hopefully he'll stop.
    • His father tried to intimidate his son into staying, threatening him with banishment and a possible beating.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。