roughshod 英 ['rʌfʃɒd]   美 ['rʌfʃɑd]

roughshod

roughshod  英 ['rʌfʃɒd] 美 ['rʌfʃɑd]

adj. 马蹄上装有防滑钉的;冷酷无情的 

No one should underestimate the Iron Chancelleress, who has ridden roughshod over her opponents over the years. 任何人都不应低估这位“铁血女宰相”,多年以来她骑在对手头上作威作福。
But school administrators, parents and many Beijingers view the bulldozing as nothing more than a roughshod exercise in population control. 但是学校领导,家长和很多北京人只是把这件事看成是一件无情的控制流动人口的措施。

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  • adj. 马蹄上装有防滑钉的;冷酷无情的
  • 1. No one should underestimate the Iron Chancelleress, who has ridden roughshod over her opponents over the years.

    任何人都不应低估这位“铁血女宰相”,多年以来她骑在对手头上作威作福。

  • 2. But school administrators, parents and many Beijingers view the bulldozing as nothing more than a roughshod exercise in population control.

    但是学校领导,家长和很多北京人只是把这件事看成是一件无情的控制流动人口的措施。

  • 3. All that can be compromised if, for instance, criminals ran roughshod on the Internet.

    他说:“如果罪犯在互联网上横行霸道,就会使这一切受到损害。”

  • roughshod (adj.) also rough-shod, 1680s, from rough (adj.) + shod. Originally of horses shod with the nails projecting from the shoe, to prevent slipping.
rough·shod / ˈrʌfʃɒd ; NAmE ˈrʌfʃɑːd / adverb IDIOM ride, etc. ˈroughshod over sb ( especially BrE) ( US usually run ˈroughshod over sb ) to treat sb badly and not worry about their feelings (对某人)为所欲为,横行霸道;任意蹂躏 rough·shod / ˈrʌfʃɒd ; NAmE ˈrʌfʃɑːd /
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