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Bully Bullying Strength Hurt Frighten Bullied Noun Power

The flashcard defines "bully" as a noun for someone who intimidates or harms weaker individuals and as a verb for the act of intimidation. It also covers the past tense, participles, plural forms, and an idiomatic exclamation "bully for you."

English

word bully
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Collins
bully ★★☆☆☆
/b'ʊli/
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]恃强凌弱者;恶霸 A bully is someone who uses their strength or power to hurt or frighten other people.
  • I fell victim to the office bully...

    我成了这个办公室霸王欺侮的对象。

  • He's a coward and a bully who confuses physical strength with manhood.

    他是一个懦夫,一个分不清蛮力和大丈夫气概的恃强凌弱者。

2
[VERB 动词]欺负;恐吓;欺凌 If someone bullies you, they use their strength or power to hurt or frighten you.
  [V n]
  • I wasn't going to let him bully me...

    我可不打算任由他欺负。

  • I asked her if she was bullied by the other children.

    我问她有没有被别的孩子欺负。

bullying
  • ...schoolchildren who were victims of bullying.

    受大孩子欺负的小学生

3
[VERB 动词]迫使;胁迫 If someone bullies you into something, they make you do it by using force or threats.
  [V n into n/ing]
  [be V-ed]
  [Also V n]
  • We think an attempt to bully them into submission would be counterproductive...

    我们认为试图迫使他们屈服会适得其反。

  • She used to bully me into doing my schoolwork...

    她过去总是强迫我写作业。

  • The government says it will not be bullied by the press.

    政府声称不会屈服于新闻媒体的压力。


Oxford bully / ˈbʊli ; NAmE ˈbʊli /
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bully bullies bullied bullying
noun ( 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 verb ( bul·lies , bully·ing , bul·lied , bul·lied ) to frighten or hurt a weaker person; to use your strength or power to make sb do sth 恐吓;伤害;胁迫 bullysb My son is being bullied at school. 我儿子在学校里受欺负。 bullysb into sth/into doing sth I won't be bullied into signing anything. 我绝不会屈服于压力签署任何东西。 bully·ing / ˈbʊliɪŋ ; NAmE ˈbʊliɪŋ / noun [uncountable ] Bullying is a problem in many schools. 很多学校都出现学生仗势作恶的问题。 He refused to give in to bullying and threats. 他拒不向恐吓威逼势力让步。 bullying behaviour/tactics 霸道行为╱手段 collocationsat
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exclamation IDIOM bully for you, etc. ( informal) used to show that you do not think that what sb 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! bully / ˈbʊli ; NAmE ˈbʊli / bully·ing / ˈbʊliɪŋ ; NAmE ˈbʊliɪŋ /
LDC
bully1 noun
bully2 verb
bully3 adjective
bullybul‧ly1 /ˈbʊli/ ●●○ noun (plural bullies) [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
someone who uses their strength or power to frighten or hurt someone who is weaker:  Bullies are often cowards.
bully1 noun
bully2 verb
bully3 adjective
bullybully2 ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle bullied, present participle bullying, third person singular bullies) [transitive]
Verb Table
Examples
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Collocations
1to threaten to hurt someone or frighten them, especially someone smaller or weaker2to put pressure on someone in order to make them do what you wantbully somebody into (doing) something Don’t let them bully you into working on Saturdays.bullying noun [uncountable]:  an attempt to tackle the problem of bullying in schoolsbully off phrasal verb British English to start a game of hockeybully-off noun [countable]
bully1 noun
bully2 verb
bully3 adjective
bullybully3 adjective
Collocations
Phrases
bully for you/him etc spoken used when you do not think that someone has done anything special but they want you to praise them:  Yes, I know you’ve done all the dishes. Bully for you!
WDF

bully

[ˈbʊli]bullied, bullying, bullies

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Spoken:

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bullied[3117] bullies[1989] bullying[2901]
欺负(62%),威胁(15%),恐吓(13%),欺凌弱小者(6%),开球(4%)
n.欺凌弱小者;土霸
vt.欺负;威吓
adj.第一流的;特好的
vi.欺侮人
adv.很;十分
int.好;妙
n.(Bully)人名;(法)布利

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