put the screws on

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• 網(wǎng)絡對某人施加壓力

例句

America and Europe decided to put the screws on Japan to get her to "voluntarily" reduce automobile exports.

美國和歐洲決定對日本施加壓力，要其“自動”減少汽車的出口。

how mny of us can put the screws on a son and convince him that he must abandon his idea of a career and take up the idea of finding work?

我們當中又有多少人能強迫兒子認識到他必須拋棄他有關事業(yè)的想法而抱著尋找工作的念頭？

As he refused to return the money, we had to put the screws on him.

他不肯還錢，我們只有出手段逼他還了。

Loan sharks often use gangsters to put the screws on people who do not meet their payment deadlines.

高利貸者常常利用流氓對不按期還錢的人們進行威脅。

You've got to put the screws on those kids.

你得對那些孩子施加壓力。

He has also commented that the science minister should "put the screws" on "feeble scientists" to get better results.

他還評論說，科學部長應向“愚蠢的科學家”“施加壓力”，從而獲得更好的結果。