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

• 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。
• But I broached the subject carefully.
  但我会小心翼翼地提出这个话题。
• 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 felt certain that they were continuing the subject already broached, but their voices were so low that she could not catch the words.
  她敢肯定她们还在继续谈论刚才她们已经开始了的话题，不过她们谈话的声音太小，她听不清楚。
• 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。
• The president returned from the Caribbean on December 16 and broached his plan at his press conference next day.
  总统在12月16日从加勒比海归来，翌日便在记者招待会上说明了他的计划。
• I haven't broached the subject of salaries yet.
  我还没有开始讨论工资这个主题。
• He broached a barrel of cider.
  他钻孔开了一桶苹果酒。
• Anything from taking out the rubbish to a romantic weekend away is likely to be looked on more favourably if broached at the end of the working day.
  从到垃圾到给你一个浪漫的周末之类的任何事，最可能成功在一周的工作结束的时候。
• At last he broached the subject of the new contract.
  最后他提出了新合同的问题。