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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Have you broached the subject of the money he owes us?
  昨天我向经理说了这个想法。
• 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。
• 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。
• He broached a barrel of cider.
  他钻孔开了一桶苹果酒。
• 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 haven't broached the subject of salaries yet.
  我还没有开始讨论工资这个主题。
• 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。