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

• 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。
• 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。
• The cell surface barrier had been broached.
  细胞表面屏障被凿开。
• 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。
• 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。
• Citic first broached the subject of renegotiating the stake it would take in Bear last November following a precipitous drop in the US bank's shares, according to people familiar with the matter.
  据知情人士介绍，去年11月，在贝尔斯登股价出现骤跌后，中信证券首先提出重新讨论它将在这家美国投行持有的股份。
• 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。
• He broached the subject to the stranger.
  他对陌生人提起那话题。
• At last he broached the subject of the new contract.
  最后他提出了新合同的问题。
• But I broached the subject carefully.
  但我会小心翼翼地提出这个话题。