rough up
rough up — 慣用語
1. to push, hit, or kick someone as a way of scaring them, usually to stop them fro
動粗；威嚇
以肢體暴力恐嚇對方
to push, hit, or kick someone as a way of scaring them, usually to stop them from doing something or to force them to act in a certain way
A group of older students roughed up Amira and warned her not to tell the teacher.
一群高年級學生對 Amira 動粗，並警告她不准告訴老師。
collocation: roughed up + [person] + and warned
The gang members roughed up Ignacio to warn the other shopkeepers on the street.
幫派分子對 Ignacio 動粗，藉此警告街上的其他店家。
purpose clause: roughed up [person] to [intimidate others]
Mateo told the police that two strangers had roughed him up and threatened to come back.
Mateo 告訴警方，兩名陌生男子對他動粗，還威脅說會再回來。
The landlord sent men to rough up tenants who could not pay their rent on time.
房東派人對繳不出房租的房客動粗。
- beat up
more intense, implies causing more serious injury
- manhandle
more formal, suggests rough handling without necessarily hitting
- intimidate
broader meaning, can be non-physical; more formal
- protect
to keep someone safe from harm
文法句型
rough + somebody + up
rough up + somebody
用法筆記
The focus of this sense is on frightening or threatening someone through physical contact, not on causing serious injury. The person being roughed up is usually the direct object, placed between 'rough' and 'up'.
常見錯誤
rough up — 片語動詞
- rough upbase form
- roughs up3rd person singular
- roughing up-ing form
- roughed uppast simple
1. to beat someone by striking them repeatedly with your hands or feet, causing pai
毆打；痛揍
用拳腳擊打使人受傷
to beat someone by striking them repeatedly with your hands or feet, causing pain or minor injury
Kian came home with a black eye after strangers roughed him up near the train station.
Kian 回家時眼眶瘀青，因為陌生人在火車站附近對他痛揍一頓。
result pattern: came home with [injury] after [person] roughed [object] up
The security footage showed two men roughing up a delivery driver behind the market.
監視器畫面顯示，兩名男子在市場後面對一名送貨司機拳打腳踢。
continuous aspect: showed [person] roughing up [person]
Dario was roughed up so badly during the robbery that he needed hospital treatment.
Dario 在搶劫中被毆打得非常嚴重，需要送醫治療。
Hana told the nurse that a group of teenagers had roughed her up outside the cinema.
Hana 告訴護士，一群青少年在電影院外對她拳打腳踢。
- caress
to touch gently, the opposite of rough treatment
文法句型
rough + somebody + up
rough up + somebody
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive (be/get roughed up) when the speaker wants to focus on the victim rather than the attacker. More common in British than American English, though understood in both.