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Intimidation means making someone feel afraid, on purpose, usually so they'll do what you want or stop doing something you don't like — through threats, aggressive behavior, or just a scary presence. It doesn't have to involve actual violence; a boss standing very close and speaking can be a form of intimidation, and so can a gang member simply staring at someone. It's always seen negatively — nobody describes intimidation as a good thing, unlike, say, confidence.
恐嚇、威嚇（不一定涉及實際暴力，也可能只是言語或態度上的威脅）
組成in- (into) + timid (from Latin 'to fear') + -ation.
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。
intimidationnoun/ɪntɪmɪˈdeɪʃən/
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The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
- It broadly includes all the people with specific recognition for none, and the highest consecration we can make today is a committal of the Republican party to that saving constitutionalism which contemplates all America as one people and holds just government free from influence on the one hand, and unmoved by intimidation on the other.
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。