bulldoze

1. V-T If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer. (用推土機) 推倒

She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket. 她打敗了那些企圖推倒她的家園建造超市的開發(fā)商。

2. V-T If people bulldoze earth, stone, or other heavy material, they move it using a bulldozer. (用推土機) 推走

They have been cutting down the trees and bulldozing the land. 他們正砍倒樹木，推整土地。

3. V-T If someone bulldozes a plan through or bulldozes another person into doing something, they get what they want in an unpleasantly forceful way. 脅迫[表不滿]

Dropping all pretense of reason, they began to bulldoze through the democratic reforms. 他們拋開一切佯裝的理性，開始脅迫進行民主改革。

...to sway public opinion and bulldoze them into adopting uneconomic practices. …左右公眾的觀點，脅迫他們接受沒有效益的做法。