roughshod

形容词 roughshod:

1. (of a horse) having horseshoes with projecting nails to prevent slipping
2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
   同义词：barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious
3. unjustly domineering
   同义词：heavy-handed

1. He rode roughshod over all our arguments.
   他对我们的论据全然不理。
2. The city officials rode roughshod over the people who did not want their homes torn down for a new school.
   市府官员对那些不愿为修建新学校而毁家园的人们，不抱一点同情心。
3. Glasser, who rode roughshod over the FBI, prosecutors, defense lawyers and the press during the Gotti trial, made a series of telephone calls to Sessions demanding that the sources for The News story be found, sources said.
   据悉，在审理戈蒂时，格拉瑟对联邦调查局、检察官、被告律师以及媒体毫不客气。他打了好几通电话给塞申斯，要他必须查出《每日新闻》的消息来源。
4. He rode roughshod over all opposition to his ideas.
   他恣意压制所有与他相左的意见。

rough.shod

adj.（形容词）
Shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points to prevent slipping.
马掌上钉有马蹄铁的：穿有具突出的钉状物或钉子以防滑下的马蹄铁的
Marked by brutal force:
残暴的，残忍的，无情的：
例句：
Stalin`s roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
斯大林对富农采取的残暴政策

<习惯用语>ride roughshod over
To treat with brutal force:
残暴地对待，横行霸道：
例句：
a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition.
对所有反对意见不予理睬的经理