overawe 中文意思是什麼

overawe 解釋
vt. 及物動詞 使畏縮,嚇住,威壓。

  1. The entire metropolitan centre possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant, and to make the gulf between poverty and success seem both wide and deep

    整個都市中心顯出一種財大氣粗,高不可攀的氣勢,為的是讓那些普通的求職者望而生畏,不敢問津,也為的是讓貧富之間的鴻溝顯得又寬又深。
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