bulldoze

verb
🔊/ˈbʊldəʊz/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they bulldoze
🔊/ˈbʊldəʊz/
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he / she / it bulldozes
🔊/ˈbʊldəʊzɪz/
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past simple bulldozed
🔊/ˈbʊldəʊzd/
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past participle bulldozed
🔊/ˈbʊldəʊzd/
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-ing form bulldozing
🔊/ˈbʊldəʊzɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, often passive] to destroy buildings, trees, etc. with a bulldozer(用推土机)推倒,铲平
    • be bulldozed The trees are being bulldozed to make way for a new superstore.那片树正被推土机铲除,以兴建一家新超市。🔊🔊
    • The makeshift dwellings were bulldozed into the ground.临时住宅被推倒在地。
  2. [intransitive, transitive] to force your way somewhere; to force something somewhere(使)强行通过
    • + adv./prep. Sterling bulldozed through to score.英镑推高得分。
    • bulldoze something + adv./prep. They bulldozed the tax through Parliament.他们强行使税收提案在议会通过。🔊🔊
    • He bulldozed his way to victory.他一路上过关斩将,取得了最后胜利。🔊🔊
  3. [transitive] bulldoze somebody (into doing something) to force somebody to do something强迫(某人做某事) synonym railroad
    • They bulldozed him into selling.他们胁迫他卖出。🔊🔊
  4. Word Originlate 19th cent. (originally US in the sense ‘intimidate’): from the animal bull + -doze, alteration of the noun dose.