brainwash
v[Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb (into doing sth) force sb to reject old beliefs or ideas and to accept new ones by the use of extreme mental pressure 洗脑(以极大的精神压力迫使某人放弃旧的信念或思想而接受新的一套)
(fig 比喻) I refuse to be brainwashed by advertisers into buying something I don't need. 我可不让广告商给我洗脑, 去买那些我不需要的东西.
🗣️ 情景例句
No, thanks.
不用了, 谢谢。
If you want to be healthy, you have to stop smoking a pipe.
如果你要身体健康的话,必须停止抽烟斗。
There had been fuel on the ship, but this did not appear to have caused the fire, and little smoke was produced.