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

• If your boss pushes you around, exploits you or appropriates your surplus value, the reasons have nothing to do with the ownership of capital.
  如果你的老板欺压你、盘剥你或者占用你的剩余价值，那也与资本所有权没有什么关系。
• But my boss isn't anywhere around!
  但我的长官怎么也找不到！
• She better not try and boss me around.
  她最好不要指挥我。
• 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。
• 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。
• You mean, did I get to boss him around?
  你是说，要围着他奉承？
• He fawning manner whenever the boss is around just makes me curl up.
  每当老板在时，他那摇尾乞怜的样子真使我恶心。
• Don't let the senior members boss you around.
  不要让那些高级职员把你差来差去。
• I'm the new straw boss around here.
  我是这里新的工头。