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intimidation 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/inˌtimiˈdāSHən/,
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intimidations, plural;
  1. The action of intimidating someone, or the state of being intimidated
    • - the intimidation of witnesses and jurors
    • - allegations of police intimidation
  1. bullying: the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something
  2. the feeling of discouragement in the face of someone's superior fame or wealth or status etc.
  3. the feeling of being intimidated; being made to feel afraid or timid
  4. determent: a communication that makes you afraid to try something
  5. (intimidate) to compel or deter by or as if by threats
  6. (intimidated) made timid or fearful as by threats
  7. (intimidating) daunting: discouraging through fear
  8. Intimidation (also called cowing) is intentional behavior "which would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" fear of injury or harm. It's not necessary to prove that the behavior was so violent as to cause or that the victim was actually frightened.
  9. (intimidate) To make timid or fearful; to inspire or affect with fear; to deter, as by threats; to dishearten; to abash; To impress, amaze, excite or induce extraordinary affection in others toward oneself
  10. (Intimidate) A creature with intimidate can’t be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it. It first appeared in Zendikar. ...
  11. As defined in the fair housing laws, it is the illegal act of coercing, intimidating, threatening, or interfering with a person in exercising or enjoying any right granted or protected by federal, state or local fair housing laws.
  12. To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack.
  13. To make someone fearful in order to make them do what another person wants them to do.
  14. Threatening or frightening someone into doing something.
  15. Behaviour towards another person (words or actions) which causes them to be intimidated eg: persistent name calling or verbal abuse
  16. to influence others through fear or threat of harm.
  17. To threaten another in order to influence his behavior. The threat may include physical harm, restraint, confinement, or accusations of crime (even if true).
  18. A type of fallacious argument in which one party is told what to think, upon pain of physical, financial, emotional, or other penalty, or by simple browbeating and force of personality.
  19. To discourage, inhibit, or frighten by threats.
  20. n. In American diplomatic theory, the basis for cultural sensitivity and achievement of understanding.
  21. To make timid or fearful; to frighten;  to discourage or suppress by threats or by violence.  Intimidation works by playing off the fear of others – this is not a quality shared with influence.  Using fear to strong-arm others into doing something isn’t influence, it’s just plain bullying.
  22. Inspiring or inducing fear (a favorite tactic of debt collection agencies).
  23. Your abuser may use a variety of intimidation tactics designed to scare you into submission. Such tactics include making threatening looks or gestures, smashing things in front of you, destroying property, hurting your pets, or putting weapons on display. ...