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

• 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。
• The cell surface barrier had been broached.
  细胞表面屏障被凿开。
• But I broached the subject carefully.
  但我会小心翼翼地提出这个话题。
• 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。
• 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。
• He broached the subject to the stranger.
  他对陌生人提起那话题。
• Have you broached the subject of the money he owes us?
  昨天我向经理说了这个想法。
• 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。
• 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。
• We were appalled personally that this topic was even broached by the individuals that started the thread, and other threads.
  我们每个人都震惊于这个题目甚至是那些发帖的人从个人角度、以及从其他讨论帖提出来的。