bulldoze

1. V-T If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer. (用推土機(jī)) 推倒

She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket. 她打敗了那些企圖推倒她的家園建造超市的開(kāi)發(fā)商。

2. V-T If people bulldoze earth, stone, or other heavy material, they move it using a bulldozer. (用推土機(jī)) 推走

They have been cutting down the trees and bulldozing the land. 他們正砍倒樹(shù)木，推整土地。

3. V-T If someone bulldozes a plan through or bulldozes another person into doing something, they get what they want in an unpleasantly forceful way. 脇迫[表不滿]

Dropping all pretense of reason, they began to bulldoze through the democratic reforms. 他們拋開(kāi)一切佯裝的理性，開(kāi)始脇迫進(jìn)行民主改革。

...to sway public opinion and bulldoze them into adopting uneconomic practices. …左右公衆(zhòng)的觀點(diǎn)，脇迫他們接受沒(méi)有傚益的做法。