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

• Harry rides roughshod over anybody who gets in the way of his business plans.
  哈里总是粗暴地对待那些有碍于他的生意计划的人。
• Many founders fear that heavy-handed venture capitalists, chasing high returns, will ride roughshod over their concerns.
  许多公司创始人担心，冷酷无情、追逐高额回报的风险投资家会毫不顾及他们的担心。
• 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。
• There is no way for them to ride roughshod and defecate over our heads.
  他们要骑在我们头上拉屎拉尿，办不到！
• Unscrupulous corporate mandarins who run roughshod over their employees, loot their shareholders, and defraud their customers?
  是骑在雇员头上作威作福，掠夺股民利益，欺骗消费者的无耻企业家吗？
• They are riding roughshod over the law.
  他们的行为践踏了法律。
• 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。
• The government is riding roughshod over the people's rights.
  政府恣意妄为不顾人民的权利。