boss around

英 [bɒs əˈraʊnd]

美 [bɔːs əˈraʊnd]

对…颐指气使; 对…指手画脚

柯林斯词典

• → see:boss 3

英英释义

verb

• be bossy towards
  1. Her big brother always bullied her when she was young
  Synonym:strong-armbullybrowbeatbullyragballyraghectorpush around

双语例句

• Supporters argue that this reverses centuries of injustice since the Spanish conquest, and ensures that a "white" minority can no longer boss Indians around.
  支持者声称这它推翻了自西班牙占领后沿袭下来的数个世纪的不公正，而且保证了“白种人”这一少数群体将不能再骑在印第安人头上作威作福。
• Putin has no ideological preference for state capitalism but the government knows that private companies are harder to boss around.
  普京对于国家资本主义并没有意识形态上的偏好，但政府明白私有企业更难支使。
• I'm a doctor-in-training and my boss always orders me around.
  我还在实习培训期间，老板整天让我干这干那。
• Tyler: I'm not a kid anymore, but she still wants to boss me around.
  泰勒：我不是小孩了，但她还是什麽事都要管我。
• You guys tried to boss me around since we were kids.
  我们小的时候你们就想让我当老大。
• I'll spray them with my trusty insect spray, so they'll know who's boss around this place!
  用我最信赖的杀虫剂杀它们！这样它们才会知道谁才是这里的真正主人！
• Is your boss around at the moment?
  你的老板现在在吗？
• They don't cower when the boss comes around.
  当老板来到身边时，他们也不畏缩。
• "His fawning manner whenever the boss is around just makes me curl up. I tell you--it curls me up," said John.
  老板一来，他那副拍马屁的样子实在叫我恶心。告诉你，那副样子实在叫我恶心，约翰说。
• He fawning manner whenever the boss is around just makes me curl up.
  每当老板在时，他那摇尾乞怜的样子真使我恶心。