vt. 谈起;打开并开始用;用凿子扩大(或修光);(在桶上)钻孔取液体 vi. <海>(船)突然横转 n. (烤肉用的)炙叉;胸针 第三人称单数: broaches 过去式: broached 过去分词: broached 现在分词: broaching
中文词源
broach 引入(尴尬的话题)
来自拉丁词brocca, 针,刺。原指刺开,挑明话题。最终可能同break.
broach 用法和例句
The democrats donot even plan to broach the subject until later in the year , aftertheir first energy bill has got through .
民主党甚至都未计划要提出这项议题,直到今年晚些时候,他们的首个能源提案得到通过。
I reluctantly broach the subject : does araki have any evidence that anyone in north korea-abductee or not-has ever heard the broadcast ?
我很不情愿地提出这个问题:荒木有任何证据证明在朝鲜有人听到过海风电台的广播?
The world economy is beginning to show signs of improvement , prompting some to broach the idea of unwinding measures put in place last year .
世界经济正开始显现出改善迹象,这促使一些人提出,应逐步取消去年推出的那些举措。
" Of course , " yang replied , surprised his boss would broach such a simple topic . " Otherwise , how will the bullets load ? "
“当然”,杨回答,他很诧异他的上司提出如此简单的问题,“否则的话,又怎能装弹”?
He generally believes in the smaller state we would rather see ; he would slash red tape and his running-mate , paul ryan , has dared to broach much-needed entitlement reform .