Crushing
a. 碾碎的, 压倒的\\n[化] 粗碎; 压碎; 破碎
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
crushing
adj [usu attrib 通常作定语]
1 overwhelming 压倒的: a crushing defeat, blow, etc 惨重的失败、 打击等.
2 intended to subdue or humiliate 企图制服或羞辱对方的
a crushing look, remark, etc 让人受不了的脸色、 话语等.
🗣️ 情景例句
Dear Mr. Billet.
尊敬的比利先生。
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
诗人是世上没有得到承认的立法者。
but children were then too cowed to let them know how they really felt.
孩子们只不过被吓得不敢让父母知道自己的想法罢了。