bulldoze /ˈbʊlˌdəʊz/ ( bulldozing, bulldozed, bulldozes )

• 1. 

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

  例：

  She defeated developers who wanted to bulldoze her home to build a supermarket.

  她打败了那些企图推倒她的家园建造超市的开发商。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  They have been cutting down the trees and bulldozing the land.

  他们正砍倒树木，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. 胁迫 [表不满]

  例：

  Dropping all pretense of reason, they began to bulldoze through the democratic reforms.

  他们抛开一切佯装的理性，开始胁迫进行民主改革。

  例：

  ...to sway public opinion and bulldoze them into adopting uneconomic practices.

  …左右公众的观点，胁迫他们接受没有效益的做法。