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

• The employees would goof off whenever the boss wasn't around.
  只要老板不在，雇员便偷懒。
• 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。
• I heard that he loves to boss people around.
  我听说他很爱指使人。
• Don't let the boss see you standing around doing nothing.
  别让老板看见你闲站着不做事。
• She better not try and boss me around.
  她最好不要指挥我。
• "His fawning manner whenever the boss is around just makes me curl up. I tell you--it curls me up," said John.
  老板一来，他那副拍马屁的样子实在叫我恶心。告诉你，那副样子实在叫我恶心，约翰说。
• One of the things that they set out to do first was, of course, to scare us, and to show the stupid frosh they were boss around here.
  高年级同学们准备做的第一件事，当然是吓唬我们，向这些愚蠢的新生显示他们才是这里的老大。
• After being showed what to do, my new boss turned around and fired her.
  我的新老板刚刚给我说完我要做的事，转身就把她给炒了。
• Don't let the senior members boss you around.
  不要让那些高级职员把你差来差去。
• You guys tried to boss me around since we were kids.
  我们小的时候你们就想让我当老大。