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

• 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？
• He always rode roughshod over his neighbours and incurred widespread resentment.
  他一贯欺压邻里，积怨甚多。
• 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。
• 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！
• The government is riding roughshod over the people's rights.
  政府恣意妄为不顾人民的权利。
• 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。
• He's a cruel person who loves to ride roughshod over other people's feeling.
  他是一个爱蹂躏他人感情的人。
• 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。
• 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。