The Japan Times Online Aug 26の記事からです。
A court orders the government to pay damages to the parents of a Maritime Self-Defense Force sailor who hanged himself in 1999, ruling his suicide resulted from a ranking officer's repeated browbeating.
"browbeating" は初めて見ますが、brow + beat なので「額を殴る」の意味のような気がしますが辞書で確認します。
OneLook Quick Definitions: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
Dictionary.com: to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
脅しは暴力だけではなくたしかに表情や言葉でも行われますね。
A court orders the government to pay damages to the parents of a Maritime Self-Defense Force sailor who hanged himself in 1999, ruling his suicide resulted from a ranking officer's repeated browbeating.
"browbeating" は初めて見ますが、brow + beat なので「額を殴る」の意味のような気がしますが辞書で確認します。
OneLook Quick Definitions: discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
Dictionary.com: to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
脅しは暴力だけではなくたしかに表情や言葉でも行われますね。
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