put the fear of God into

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause someone to repent through fear of the wrath of God.
  2. To cause someone to fear abjectly in other contexts; to terrify completely. idiomatic
    — It was the ‘minnie-woffers’ which put the fear of God into them.
  3. To cause someone to obey through fear in other contexts; to terrify into submission. idiomatic
    — Well, I'll continue to put the fear of God into the troops for as long as I can... but there comes a time... We're nowhere near it yet, of course...

词形变化

puts the fear of God into present,singular,third-person putting the fear of God into participle,present put the fear of God into participle,past put the fear of God into past rub the fear of God into alternative
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