browbeating
v.
(以言辞或表情)威逼,恫吓( browbeat的现在分词 );
例句:
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Mr Zha urges America to refrain from browbeating China into accepting distant targets for future reductions.
查先生敦促美国不要威胁中国为今后减少排放而去接受这遥远的目标.
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But browbeating is not the same as science or even the same as putting forth a good argument.
来自SA
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Taken as a parable, Chua's cartoonish narrative about browbeating her daughters acquires a certain disquieting force.
来自NEWYORKER