Overawe

(verb.) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats).

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• In 1245 the men of Schwyz burnt the castle of New Habsburg which had been set up near Lucerne to overawe them; its ruins are still to be seen there. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He knelt before ten cardinals in scarlet, an assembly august enough to overawe truth itself, while he amended the creation he had disarranged. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He was overawed by the Serjeant, and profoundly courteous to the attorney. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I was touched by his gentle tone, and overawed by his high, calm mien. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• I made him a bow and felt very much overawed. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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