If you intimidate someone, you deliberately make them frightened enough to do what you want them to do.
例句
Jones had set out to intimidate and dominate Paul...琼斯开始恐吓并控制保罗。Attempts to intimidate people into voting for the governing party did not work.胁迫人们为执政党投票的企图没有成功。
英汉词典释义
vt.
恐吓, 威胁
The gang tried to intimidate the bank manager.那帮歹徒企图恐吓银行经理。He intimidates the children by shouting at them.他朝孩子们大声叫喊以吓唬他们。