broached

英 [brəʊtʃt]

美 [broʊtʃt]

v.  开始谈论，引入(尤指令人尴尬或有异议的话题)
broach的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 提出，引入（尤指敏感话题）
  When youbroacha subject, especially a sensitive one, you mention it in order to start a discussion on it.
  1. Eventually I broached the subject of her early life.
     最后我提到了关于她的早年生活的话题。

英英释义

adj

• of a cask or barrel
  1. the cask was set abroach
  Synonym:abroach

双语例句

• When a pencil is sharpened, the pencil needs to be contacted with the cutting edge and broached back and forth along the guiding groove.
  削笔时只要将笔贴在刀刃上，沿导向槽往复拉削即可。
• On the basis of this tasting, most of these 2004 red Bordeaux should be at their best from about 2011 or 2012 for 10 years or more, although some of the Margaux, graves and Pomerol could be broached sooner.
  依据上述品酒结果，这些2004年酿造的红葡萄酒多数应该最早从2011年或2012年推出10年期或更久的，但玛尔戈、格拉夫和pomerol出产的一些葡萄酒可能会更快推出。
• Have you broached the subject of the money he owes us?
  昨天我向经理说了这个想法。
• At last he broached the subject of the new contract.
  最后他提出了新合同的问题。
• Anything from taking out the rubbish to a romantic weekend away is likely to be looked on more favourably if broached at the end of the working day.
  从到垃圾到给你一个浪漫的周末之类的任何事，最可能成功在一周的工作结束的时候。
• The cell surface barrier had been broached.
  细胞表面屏障被凿开。
• She felt certain that they were continuing the subject already broached, but their voices were so low that she could not catch the words.
  她敢肯定她们还在继续谈论刚才她们已经开始了的话题，不过她们谈话的声音太小，她听不清楚。
• But I broached the subject carefully.
  但我会小心翼翼地提出这个话题。
• He broached a barrel of cider.
  他钻孔开了一桶苹果酒。
• He said Mr Thain never broached the subject of his own future in the merger discussions.
  他说，塞恩在合并谈判时，从没提到有关他自己前途的话题。