1. Intimidate（及物动词） -- 词源：源自拉丁语"intimidare"（使害怕） -- 语义：通过制造恐惧感使人顺从，强调心理威慑 -- 特点：最中性且适用范围最广，可用于正式场合 -- 搭配：~ sb into doing sth（胁迫某人做某事） -- 例：The gang tried to intimidate the witness into silence.
2. Cow（及物动词） -- 词源：古英语"cū"（字面义为母牛，引申为使人畏缩） -- 语义：通过展示优势力 ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)500
【Intimidate】 , 【cow】 , 【bulldoze】 , 【bully】 , 【browbeat】 are comparable when meaning to frighten or coerce by frightening means into submission or obedience.
【Intimidate】 primarily implies a making timid or fearful, but it often suggests a display or application (as of force or learning) so as to cause fear or a sense of inferiority and a consequent submission.
【Cow】 implies reduction to a state where the spirit is broken or all courage is lost.
【Bulldoze】 implies an intimidating or an overcoming of resistance usually by forceful demanding or urging or by implied threats.
【Bully】 implies intimidation through overbearing, swaggering threats or insults, and in schoolboy use it usually suggests bulldozing of small boys by those who are larger or more aggressive.
【Browbeat】 implies a cowing through arrogant, scornful, contemptuous, or insolent treatment.
