steamrollers

美 [ˈstiːmroʊlərz]英 [ˈstiːmrəʊləz]

steamrollers

频次

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N-COUNT (蒸汽)压路机
A steamroller is a large, heavy vehicle with wide, solid metal wheels, which is used to make the surface of a road flat. In the past steamrollers were powered by steam.
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VERB (以权利、压力)迫使，逼迫，强行
If you steamroller someone who disagrees with you or opposes you, you defeat them or you force them to do what you want by using your power or by putting a lot of pressure on them.

They could simply steamroller all opposition.

他们可以直接镇压所有反抗。

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The two Korean steamrollers have a history of outperforming the industry and are doing so again .

现代和起亚，这两家势不可挡的韩国汽车新锐曾创下高于业内水平的骄人业绩。如今这一幕再次上演。
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But even for a company used to the barbs of critics who say it pays stingy wages , bullies suppliers and steamrollers mom-and-pop stores , the allegations are a potent challenge to an evangelical business culture forged in the poverty of backwoods Arkansas by its founder Sam Walton .

尽管沃尔玛已经习惯了各种苛刻的批评，如薪资吝啬、欺压供应商、排挤社区小店，但对于沃尔玛创始人山姆•沃尔顿（SamWalton）在阿肯色州（Arkansas）贫穷落后地区建立起的福音式商业文化，上述指控仍然有可能构成巨大的挑战。