boss around

英 [bɒs əˈraʊnd]

美 [bɔːs əˈraʊnd]

对…颐指气使; 对…指手画脚

柯林斯词典

• → see:boss 3

英英释义

verb

• be bossy towards
  1. Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
  Synonym:strong-armbullybrowbeatbullyragballyraghectorpush around

双语例句

• "His fawning manner whenever the boss is around just makes me curl up. I tell you--it curls me up," said John.
  老板一来，他那副拍马屁的样子实在叫我恶心。告诉你，那副样子实在叫我恶心，约翰说。
• They don't cower when the boss comes around.
  当老板来到身边时，他们也不畏缩。
• But my boss isn't anywhere around!
  但我的长官怎么也找不到！
• They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
  当老板不在时，他们可回答你的问题。
• Don't let the boss see you standing around doing nothing.
  别让老板看见你闲站着不做事。
• Putin has no ideological preference for state capitalism but the government knows that private companies are harder to boss around.
  普京对于国家资本主义并没有意识形态上的偏好，但政府明白私有企业更难支使。
• If your boss pushes you around, exploits you or appropriates your surplus value, the reasons have nothing to do with the ownership of capital.
  如果你的老板欺压你、盘剥你或者占用你的剩余价值，那也与资本所有权没有什么关系。
• I'll spray them with my trusty insect spray, so they'll know who's boss around this place!
  用我最信赖的杀虫剂杀它们！这样它们才会知道谁才是这里的真正主人！
• It really get me when she start boss people around.
  她颐指气使地对人，真叫我厌恶。
• I'm the new straw boss around here.
  我是这里新的工头。