PHRASAL VERB If someone roughs you up, they attack you and hit or beat you. 殴打 [非正式]
They threw him in a cell and roughed him up a bit.
他们将他投入牢房，打了他一顿。
He was fired from his job after roughing up a colleague.
殴打一名同事后，他被辞退了。
He's a decent person placed in circumstances that tend to rough up young men.
他是个体面的人，却处在一个粗暴地对待年轻人的环境里。
Business schools need to make more room for people who are willing to bite the hands that feed them: to prick business bubbles, expose management fads and generally rough up the most feted managers.
商学院应当给敢于“恩将仇报”的人留点空间：戳穿商业泡沫、揭露管理热、和最享负盛名的经理人对着干。
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