broach
broach 英 [brəʊtʃ] 美 [broʊtʃ]
vt. 提出；钻孔；开始讨论；给…开口 n. 钻头；凿子；胸针（等于brooch） vi. 突然横转
进行时:broaching 过去式:broached 过去分词:broached 第三人称单数:broaches 名词复数:broaches
- As a verb, broach means to bring up or introduce a sensitive issue. As a noun, a broach is one of those dowdy pins your Great Aunt Edna wears. Telling her not to wear it is a subject you should probably not broach.
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- vt. 提出；钻孔；开始讨论；给…开口
- n. 钻头；凿子；胸针（等于brooch）
- vi. 突然横转
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1. Shall we broach another cask of wine?
我们要钻孔开启另一个酒桶吗?
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2. I would like to broach the subject to her.
我想向她提出这个问题。
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3. If you're invited for a second interview, you can broach any sensitive topics from your past then.
如果你接到了复试的通知，那么从你通过以后你就可以提出任何敏感的问题了。
- broach (n.) "pointed instrument," c. 1300, from Old French broche (12c.) "spit for roasting, awl, point end, top," from Vulgar Latin *brocca "pointed tool" (source also of Spanish broca, Italian brocca), noun use of fem. of Latin adjective broccus "projecting, pointed" (used especially of teeth), perhaps of Gaulish origin (compare Gaelic brog "awl").
- broach (v.) "to pierce," mid-14c., from Old French brochier "to spur," also "to penetrate sexually" (12c., Modern French brocher), from the Old French noun (see broach (n.), and compare Italian broccare). Meaning "begin to talk about" is 1570s, a figurative use with suggestions of "broaching" a cask or of spurring into action (which was a sense of the verb in Middle English). Related: Broached broaching.
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