roughshod

英 [ˈrʌfʃɒd]

美 [ˈrʌfʃɑːd]

网络  峻岭长春; 马蹄上钉上凸起的防滑钉; 冷酷无情的

BNC.32907 / COCA.26438

习惯用语

adv.

ride, etc. roughshod over sb
• （对某人）为所欲为，横行霸道；任意蹂躏
  to treat sb badly and not worry about their feelings

英英释义

adj

• unjustly domineering
  1. incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic policies
  2. a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition
  Synonym:heavy-handed
• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  1. a barbarous crime
  2. brutal beatings
  3. cruel tortures
  4. Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
  5. a savage slap
  6. vicious kicks
  Synonym:barbarousbrutalcruelfellsavagevicious
• (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping

双语例句

• The presence of so many visible, aggressive Western security contractors has angered many Iraqis, who consider them a mercenary force that runs roughshod over people in their own country.
  这些西方国家的保安人员人数众多、随处可见、横行霸道，他们的存在激怒了许多伊拉克人，他们被认为是在伊拉克本土上残酷欺压百姓的雇佣军。
• These laws allow the security forces to continue to ride roughshod over the human rights of the people.
  这些法律允许安全部队继续践踏人权。
• He rode roughshod over all opposition to his ideas.
  他恣意压制所有与他相左的意见。
• They will certainly not allow the aggressors to ride roughshod over them for long.
  他们一定不会长期让侵略者骑在头上作威作福的。
• They abused their power and rode roughshod over the people.
  他们滥用权力欺凌人民。
• He rode roughshod over one opponent after another.
  他把他的对手一个接一个地击败了。
• He always rode roughshod over his neighbours and incurred widespread resentment.
  他一贯欺压邻里，积怨甚多。
• The government has ridden roughshod over the recommendations made by the Committee of enquiry.
  政府对于调查委员会的建议全然不予理睬。
• A barbarous crime; brutal beatings; cruel tortures; Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks; a savage slap; vicious kicks.
  野蛮的罪行；残忍的痛打；残忍的拷打；斯大林对富农的残忍对待；野蛮的攻击；野蛮的脚踢。
• A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.
  对所有反对意见不予理睬的经理。