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

• 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。
• He broached the subject to the stranger.
  他对陌生人提起那话题。
• 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。
• 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。
• Have you broached the subject of the money he owes us?
  昨天我向经理说了这个想法。
• I haven't broached the subject of salaries yet.
  我还没有开始讨论工资这个主题。
• The cell surface barrier had been broached.
  细胞表面屏障被凿开。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。