broached
英 [brəʊtʃt]
美 [broʊtʃt]
v. 开始谈论,引入(尤指令人尴尬或有异议的话题)
broach的过去分词和过去式
柯林斯词典
- VERB 提出,引入(尤指敏感话题)
When youbroacha subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.- Eventually I broached the subject of her early life.
最后我提到了关于她的早年生活的话题。
- Eventually I broached the subject of her early life.
英英释义
adj
- of a cask or barrel
- the cask was set abroach
双语例句
- John* When John first broached the subject of being Best Man, I was confused.
约翰约翰提出让我做伴郎的时候,我很困惑。 - He said Mr Thain never broached the subject of his own future in the merger discussions.
他说,塞恩在合并谈判时,从没提到有关他自己前途的话题。 - She felt certain that they were continuing the subject already broached, but their voices were so low that she could not catch the words.
她敢肯定她们还在继续谈论刚才她们已经开始了的话题,不过她们谈话的声音太小,她听不清楚。 - She broached the idea with her family, and it fell flat.
她和家人说了这个想法,不过没有得到响应。 - None of the well-heeled guests invited to lob questions at Miss China during the New York training sessions had ever broached such a subject.
纽约训练期间受邀前来盘问罗紫琳的名流嘉宾中,没有谁曾经提到这样一个话题。 - I first broached the subject with him in a conversation in Washington in January.
我一月份在华盛顿首次同他讨论了这个问题。 - But I broached the subject carefully.
但我会小心翼翼地提出这个话题。 - I haven't broached the subject of salaries yet.
我还没有开始讨论工资这个主题。 - Have you broached the subject of the money he owes us?
昨天我向经理说了这个想法。 - We were appalled personally that this topic was even broached by the individuals that started the thread, and other threads.
我们每个人都震惊于这个题目甚至是那些发帖的人从个人角度、以及从其他讨论帖提出来的。