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

• 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。
• If they try to ride roughshod over Shansi, they will certainly encounter greater difficulties than ever.
  日军要在山西横行，必然将遇到它前所未有的困难。
• A manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.
  对所有反对意见不予理睬的经理。
• 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？
• This would aim at a problem that does not exist, while running roughshod over existing investors.
  这种做法针对的是一个并不存在的问题，同时将践踏现有股东的利益。
• They thought they were only dealing with a little girl and, therefore, could ride roughshod over her.
  他们本以为她只是个小女孩儿，因此可以完全不把她放在眼里。
• The government is riding roughshod over the people's rights.
  政府恣意妄为不顾人民的权利。
• 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。