| 单词 | chivvy |
| 例句 | Even when my younger brothers chivvied them with sticks out of boredom, they wouldn’t bother to raise their heads. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z By eight o’clock, Madam Pince had extinguished all the lamps and came to chivvy Harry out of the library. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z They chivvy and pester Poitier into being their unpaid oddjob man — at mealtimes, he exasperatedly mutters “feed a slave!” — and he perhaps envies the lilies of the title who neither toil nor spin. Who is the best Oscar winning lead actor of all time? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z I don’t have to cook, or chivvy, or entertain; I don’t have to do anything. ‘We’re never going to bed’: children rewrite the house rules 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z And whenever or wherever the book's photographer David Tipling and I travelled – he alone visited 39 countries – we chivvied folk for their stories about birds. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z He bought underpriced shares in badly run Russian companies and chivvied the management into behaving better so the share price would go up. Red sky in the morning 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z She spoke to experts on ageing, travel and domesticity, and chivvied Hawks along towards chirpiness. Radio review: Reasons to Be Cheerful 2010-08-09T05:45:00Z In any event, McKinney showed up outside Anderson's church in Surrey with just one follower and chivvied, bullied and sweet-talked Anderson into coming with her in the car. Tabloid revives memories of the 'Manacled Mormon' 2010-10-12T07:50:00Z Oystercatchers cleep and shout, argue and chivvy one another in an endless round of social interaction. Wings of desire: why birds captivate us 2013-07-27T07:00:07Z It is a trailer to boost the vision for a triumphant summit, a trailer to chivvy the starstruck North Koreans into submission, not to mention the South Koreans and the Chinese. 'The bromance of the century': President Trump's bizarre trailer for his summit with Kim | Peter Bradshaw 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z A colossal performance from Smith as Miss Shepherd, the elderly homeless lady who chivvied Alan Bennett into letting her live in a van parked outside his house in London. Maggie Smith's 20 best films – ranked! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Elsewhere, a pair of roosters cause problems, and a rubbish-hoarding tenant is chivvied into cleaning her flat. TV highlights 16/08/2012 2012-08-15T19:00:03Z They have wielded hammers and saws and chivvied and hustled construction materials from unlikely sources. Britain's best young architects 2011-01-09T00:04:06Z In another slight change in proceedings, last week's audition rounds showed more actual singers and far less emotionally adrift "local eccentrics" chivvied on to be heckled by 4,000 friends. The X Factor: Grace Dent's TV OD 2011-08-26T23:06:00Z And when you're being chivvied by stage managers to get out of the way of this object or help unfurl that one, it's hard not to feel more "done to" than "doing". Fuerzabruta; A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings – review 2013-01-06T00:08:13Z Saying that there are sorts of love that are sinful in themselves – "an intrinsic moral disorder" – is a good way of chivvying people towards despair. Look to the gospels, not the pope 2010-12-02T12:21:00Z Boys holding sticks chivvy their water buffaloes onward. William Gedney’s Travels in India 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The party's opponents think Nicola Sturgeon leaving will chivvy that along. Nicola Sturgeon resignation: Where does it leave the future of the UK? 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z He's been a constant presence to chivvy team-mates and sweet-talk officials. Curry ready for the Murrayfield heat 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z That warning was seen as an attempt to chivvy the parties into trying to reach a deal, right up until the vote. Portugal's president calls snap election 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z They're both funny, likeable, and able to chivvy and console with empathy. The Great British Bake Off: How has the show changed since series one? 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z But that was part of an EU-wide drive with Brussels checking and chivvying on progress – the same Brussels to which in three weeks’ time we bid adieu. It’s 2020 – so where’s the paradise politicians promised us? | Aditya Chakrabortty 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Even though parliament is in recess, Salvini chivvied lawmakers to get back to Rome. No beach bum: Salvini's populist seaside gambit stymies critics 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The Washington Post editorialized that “congressional chivvying of this kind,” with Mr. Dingell appearing “to be persecuting Dr. Baltimore for no purpose,” would not bring about constructive change. John Dingell Jr., a House ‘Bull’ Who Served the Longest, Is Dead at 92 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Indeed, it can be sedentary, as the characters chivvy us to the edge of our seats without getting up from theirs. The Borderland Brutality of “Sicario 2: Soldado” 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z “We don’t talk about that one,” says the PR, chivvying me out of the office. Not the end of The World: the return of Dubai's ultimate folly 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z It is the only mechanism available for chivvying stragglers to do more. New life for the Paris climate deal 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Mr Graves, who recently became chairman of a House subcommittee that oversees the Corps of Engineers, will also chivvy it relentlessly. Louisiana fights the sea, and loses 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z Hull provided a pleasant surprise at the start of the season when, with a team that gave ‘hodge-podge’ a bad name, managed to beat the defending champions and chivvy out a few respectable results. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Accepted wisdom would tell you that it is the teams who don’t have the ball that work hardest of all; that constant chasing, chivvying and harrying in search of possession massively increases a player’s workload. Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Its local groups have come to dominate many local Labour branches and chivvy MPs to support Mr Corbyn. The metamorphosis 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z If there were 15 drivers on shift, and Howard needed 20, he would get on the case, chivvying chauffeurs onto the street. How Uber conquered London | Sam Knight 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z And Alton does feel remarkably like an earthbound version of E.T., right down to the way he huddles under a blanket as his human protectors chivvy him from place to place. Midnight Special is an E.T. riff that's as much Stephen King as Steven Spielberg 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The striker gestured with his outstretched arms and he dragged his heels, initially, as he made his way off, until Flamini came across to chivvy him along. Chelsea’s Diego Costa wounds Arsenal after Per Mertesacker’s red card 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z A month ago, The Guardian exposed working conditions at Sports Direct, where workers are chivvied by tannoy to work faster, and underwent searches after their shift was over. China closes 2% higher while US job figures beat forecasts – live 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Further chivvying from the action group led to the creation in 1967 of bicycle paths separated from cars by concrete curbing, normal for the Netherlands but a first for America. Davis, California – the American city which fell in love with the bicycle 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z But despite the constant chivvying of Western governments and international agencies, few think that deadline will now be met. Reluctant to admit another failure 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Efforts used to centre on chivvying known supporters to the polls. Expanding the universe 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z Knoll began to chivvy his brother into pushing the application further. Jennifer in paradise: the story of the first Photoshopped image 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z A month ago, The Guardian exposed working conditions at Sports Direct, where workers are chivvied by tannoy to work faster, and underwent searches after their shift was over. China closes 2% higher while US job figures beat forecasts – live 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z "We don't require a uniform here but clothes should be within the tradition of our society," he claimed, before backtracking amid a media storm that helped chivvy lawmakers into introducing the new legislation. Egypt criminalises sexual harassment for first time 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z Jones harried the French and chivvied his own side, bawling out Mike Phillips after a wasteful kick squandered possession. Six Nations 2013: Wales worthy winners but Italy the real revelation 2013-03-17T21:59:01Z Ainslie, as modest and quiet off the water as he is single-minded and ruthless on it, has to be chivvied to talk about his past glories – gold medals at Sydney, Athens and Beijing. Ben Ainslie: 'There are 12 guys who could beat me to London 2012 gold' 2012-07-22T15:32:37Z Mustn't say too much in a letter; but I suppose we shall have chivvied these bounders back to Berlin in two or three months. The Vanity Girl 2012-04-12T02:00:26.883Z Class cuts like a knife through everything as the government blames "low aspiration", chivvying the young into weak schemes with no jobs at the end. These empty apprenticeship schemes are failing our young 2012-02-09T21:00:01Z Don’t you hit one, or chivvy them about. Cupid in Africa 2011-09-28T02:00:21.467Z But I've never had emails and calls from three different members of staff, chivvying for the "briefing" or pestering me about the interview, as if Mary Portas weren't just their boss but mine too. Mary Portas: 'Sometimes I come across as horrible ? I don't like that at all' 2011-01-10T07:59:01Z Ministers have been chivvying, threatening and begging banks to lend to businesses since the winter of 2008, while at the same time withdrawing vast sums from demand. A Treasury whinge at banks won't pull us from the mire 2010-08-03T20:00:00Z If the United States and Europe decide to move on climate policy, they almost certainly would be able to cajole and chivvy the rest of the world into joining the effort. Magazine Preview: Climate Change - Building a Green Economy 2010-04-07T17:00:00Z It's quite true that to chivvy Thames hanglers is jest what we used to enjoy. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 93. July 30, 1887 "There was a young person named Vivvie, Who liked all her schoolmates to chivvy——" But at this point Claudia suddenly, and perhaps rather fortunately, interrupted. The Head Girl at the Gables By rights you should go without, Mink," said Ewyo, "but it's more sport to chivvy a fox with a bite in him. The Buttoned Sky The stick appeared and disappeared, herding him, chivvying him from place to place, all places looking alike, till finally the great room lay again before his eyes. The Enormous Room "Don't chivvy the child any further," he said, in a low voice. Youth You fellows seemed to want to chivvy him, so I agreed just for the joke. The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts The two humans, still bound to some extent by their mortal beliefs, were chivvied to and fro, and struck and bullied. Astounding Stories, April, 1931 The police chivvied him a little, but not much; he was so obviously innocent of everything that there was nothing for them in him. McIlvaine's Star I don’t want to brag about carrying a wounded man on my back with a pack of Boers on horseback chivvying me. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War He set out to put wrongs to rights in the same spirit; in much the same spirit, too, he incidentally chivvied about the Jews he met in his path, just as the Crusaders had done. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study “I say,” he cried, “it’s hardly fair for us if you get chivvying those rattlers and sending them flying over the edge and down here.” The Peril Finders The natives will chivvy you off if you try to land. The Call Of The South 1908 At last, after being chivvied about considerably by the white and native inhabitants of the various islands touched at, the forlorn expedition reached Fiji. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 And moderns it now doth behoove in all Ways to despise poor old Juvenal; And to chivvy Livy. The Book of Humorous Verse You won’t never want to chivvy me out of the woods, I know.” The New Forest Spy “How can I get it done when you keep on chivvying me about the place?” cried Esau. To The West At last, after being considerably chivvied about by the white and native inhabitants of the various islands touched at, the forlorn expedition reach Fiji. The Call Of The South 1908 All far bigger and stronger, they soon began to persecute him when they found a chance, one of their favourite plans being to, as they called it, “chivvy him” and hunt him about the vessel. The Powder Monkey “And get chivvied by the pigtails, same as we did down at that other place.” Blue Jackets The Log of the Teaser I fancy he has himself been ‘chivvied’ by the hawk, as the gypsies would say.” The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" But now I’m old and sightless; and any tit May chivvy a blind kestrel. Krindlesyke Therefore, whenever we meet, I chivvy the conversation in the direction of horseflesh. Berry And Co. Yes, there is plenty for the smart military policemen to do, and their burnished swords and bright shoulder epaulets flash in the sun as they 'chivvy' the crowd out of danger. Through Palestine with the Twentieth Machine Gun Squadron Don't you know that the Transcontinental is big enough and strong enough to chivvy you from one end of this country to the other, if you turn traitor? The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush It’s lucky to chivvy the hawk what chivvies a magpie. The Romany Rye a sequel to "Lavengro" Cai heard his voice, at some little distance, still chivvying the steers down the lane beyond the gate. Hocken and Hunken Don't you try chivvying me, George, for you won't get any good of it. Lady Merton, Colonist While the Emigrant looked there came round the corner a ruck of boys from school chivvying and shouting after an ungainly man, who turned twice and threatened them with a stick. Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts It was a crisp October afternoon, and along Iffley Road the wind was chivvying the yellow leaves. Shandygaff So," he continued, "there's no need for you to be running and sending telegrams to folks there to chivvy 'em. True Tilda Nurses chivvied about with little squeals of laughter as they bumped into each other out of the shadow world, but not losing their heads or their hands, with so much work to do. The Soul of the War We chivvied the girl round the sofa and caught her near the door and kissed her. Stage-Land At the same time the Greyhounds were slipped and chivvied on. Johnny Bear And Other Stories from Lives of the Hunted Poor Don! he has become an institution down on Nassau Street: whatever hour of the day you call, you will find his queue there chivvying him. Shandygaff There's a certain type of chap who takes a pleasure in positively chivvying trouble. My Man Jeeves Personally I don’t propose to be chivvied about indefinitely like this, so I propose that we let them come into the dormitory, and see what happens. Mike A throwback, no doubt, to the time when she counted the day lost that was not spent in chivvying some unfortunate fox over the countryside. Right Ho, Jeeves He was chivvying a cat that was after the pheasants at Creedmore—he's absurdly young, you know—and he came down at some hurdles.' The Primadonna Then the money-lender took what was left of the second bottle of whiskey—the first was but a memory—to the bar and endeavoured to chivvy a rebate out of the bartender. The Heart of the Range To skedivvy was to chivvy and skedaddle—its authority not difficult to guess. A Prisoner in Fairyland One would think from the way the hands were driven and chivvied and hurried over the work that they were being paid five or six shillings an hour instead of as many pence. The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists To think of the great Emperor being chivvied over the country-side in this fashion! The Adventures of Gerard Now the dog was released and chivvied on. Rolf in the Woods |
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