boss around

英 [bɒs əˈraʊnd]

美 [bɔːs əˈraʊnd]

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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

• One of the things that they set out to do first was, of course, to scare us, and to show the stupid frosh they were boss around here.
  高年级同学们准备做的第一件事，当然是吓唬我们，向这些愚蠢的新生显示他们才是这里的老大。
• They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
  当老板不在时，他们可回答你的问题。
• "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。
• 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！
• I had three other people I could boss around, ask them to fetch me coffee ( if I wanted too), or completely delegate all my tasks to them.
  我手下还有三个人可供差遣，我可以让他们帮我去冲咖啡（如果我想的话），或者把我的所有任务全部分配给他们完成。
• You mean, did I get to boss him around?
  你是说，要围着他奉承？
• Is your boss around at the moment?
  你的老板现在在吗？
• Don't let the boss see you standing around doing nothing.
  别让老板看见你闲站着不做事。