broach
发音
英 [brəʊtʃ]
美 [broʊtʃ]
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- vt.
- 谈起
- 打开并开始用
- 用凿子扩大(或修光)
- (在桶上)钻孔取液体
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- vi.
- <海>(船)突然横转
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- n.
- (烤肉用的)炙叉
- 胸针
单词词源
broach 引入(尴尬的话题)
来自拉丁词brocca, 针,刺。原指刺开,挑明话题。最终可能同break.
双语例句
- 1. The democrats donot even plan to broach the subject until later in the year , aftertheir first energy bill has got through .
- 民主党甚至都未计划要提出这项议题,直到今年晚些时候,他们的首个能源提案得到通过。
- 2. I reluctantly broach the subject : does araki have any evidence that anyone in north korea-abductee or not-has ever heard the broadcast ?
- 我很不情愿地提出这个问题:荒木有任何证据证明在朝鲜有人听到过海风电台的广播?
- 3. The world economy is beginning to show signs of improvement , prompting some to broach the idea of unwinding measures put in place last year .
- 世界经济正开始显现出改善迹象,这促使一些人提出,应逐步取消去年推出的那些举措。
- 4. " Of course , " yang replied , surprised his boss would broach such a simple topic . " Otherwise , how will the bullets load ? "
- “当然”,杨回答,他很诧异他的上司提出如此简单的问题,“否则的话,又怎能装弹”?
- 5. He generally believes in the smaller state we would rather see ; he would slash red tape and his running-mate , paul ryan , has dared to broach much-needed entitlement reform .
- 总体上来说,他信奉小政府主义(本报也有此倾向);他将会简化种种繁文缛节,而他的竞选搭档保罗瑞安也敢于去提出美国所亟需的津贴改革。