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。
• Is your boss around at the moment?
  你的老板现在在吗？
• 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。
• Don't let the boss see you standing around doing nothing.
  别让老板看见你闲站着不做事。
• 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。
• It really get me when she start boss people around.
  她颐指气使地对人，真叫我厌恶。
• "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。
• 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！
• You mean, did I get to boss him around?
  你是说，要围着他奉承？
• And because I'm the better person, I have the right to boss you around.
  因为我是更好的人，所以我有权力指挥你。