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Broach Subject I Idea Sensitive Issue Order Piercing

英语单词 broach
英美音标 英 [brəʊtʃ] 美 [broʊtʃ]
中文释义 n.烧叉肉;叉子;凿子;拉刀
n.胸针(=brooch)
vt.钻孔开启;凿大;初次提起;开始商讨
vi.(船)突然横转
英语例句 (1) I will broach your idea to the committee.
(2) Let's broach another bottle of wine.
(3) He broached the subject of a loan with his bank manager.
中文例句 (1) 我要把你的想法提交委员会考虑。
(2) 我们再打开一瓶酒吧。
(3) 他向银行经理提出贷款问题。
vocabulary简明 As a verb, broach means to bring up or introduce a sensitive issue. As a noun, a broach is one of those dowdy pins your Great Aunt Edna wears. Telling her not to wear it is a subject you should probably not broach.
vocabulary扩展 Let's say you want to go on vacation with a friend and you ask your dad because he is more likely to say yes. He will probably tell you that he will broach the subject with your mom and let you know. In a less common (and older) usage of broach, if you put a hole in something in order to get out what's inside you broach it. The piercing tool you use is also called a broach. Think of piercing someone with your idea the next time you broach a touchy issue.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]提出,引入(尤指敏感话题) When you broach a subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.
  [V n]
  • Eventually I broached the subject of her early life.

    最后我提到了关于她的早年生活的话题。

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