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

• At last he broached the subject of the new contract to them.
  最后他向他们开口谈起新合同的事情。
• But I broached the subject carefully.
  但我会小心翼翼地提出这个话题。
• Ironically, the EU broached the talks as a way of protecting itself against the trade-diverting effects of the now moribund US-Korea deal.
  具有讽刺意味的是，欧盟之所以启动这些谈判，是因为它想以此来保护自己，免受如今停滞不前的美韩协定可能带来的贸易转移影响。
• The cell surface barrier had been broached.
  细胞表面屏障被凿开。
• 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。
• He broached the subject to the stranger.
  他对陌生人提起那话题。
• In particular, it will promote fundamental reform of the international monetary system, a theme Mr Sarkozy broached in his address to the World Economic Forum in Davos in January.
  特别是，它将推动国际货币体系的根本改革。今年1月在达沃斯世界经济论坛上发表讲话时，萨科齐就提出了这一主题。
• I first broached the subject with him in a conversation in Washington in January.
  我一月份在华盛顿首次同他讨论了这个问题。
• 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。
• 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。