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

• 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。
• She brought her breast pump on the airplane every time, but never broached the subject with her colleagues.
  她每次都会带着吸奶器坐飞机，但却从未跟同事提到自己的情况。
• It is quite a novelty to have the blinds up, and the shutters open; and they make themselves dismally comfortable over bottles of wine, which are freely broached as on a festival.
  窗帘已经卷上，百叶窗已经拉开，这是件不同于前几天的新鲜事情。他们像过节一般尽情地喝着一瓶瓶的酒，以此消愁解忧。他们都很喜欢劝善戒恶。
• She broached the idea with her family, and it fell flat.
  她和家人说了这个想法，不过没有得到响应。
• None of the well-heeled guests invited to lob questions at Miss China during the New York training sessions had ever broached such a subject.
  纽约训练期间受邀前来盘问罗紫琳的名流嘉宾中，没有谁曾经提到这样一个话题。
• John* When John first broached the subject of being Best Man, I was confused.
  约翰约翰提出让我做伴郎的时候，我很困惑。
• I'M a little embarrassed, Liu Jing leaned in closer and lowered her voice, revealing for the first time a hint of discomfort since the topic of credit cards had been broached.
  我有点不好意思，刘静靠在柜台上放低声音说，自信用卡问题被提出以来第一次暗示不适。
• 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。
• As the girls huddled around the makeshift table, Luyuan broached a familiar topic: back home over the holidays, her family had introduced her to a man.
  姑娘们围坐在这个简易餐桌前开始吃饭，这时，李芦媛提起了一个大家熟悉的话题：放假在家时，家里给她介绍了个对象。
• The president returned from the Caribbean on December 16 and broached his plan at his press conference next day.
  总统在12月16日从加勒比海归来，翌日便在记者招待会上说明了他的计划。