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shoehorn

C2 verb

shoehorn /ˈʃuːˌhɔɹn/ nghĩa là dùng đón giày

Các nghĩa

  1. dùng đón giày

    To use a shoehorn.

    literally

    Do you have a shoehorn?

  2. chen, nhồi nhét

    To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.

    figuratively · transitive

    I shoehorned his dozen burgeoning bags into the backseat of my tiny car, and off we went.

    His staff want to shoehorn an extra stop into his already packed campaigning schedule.

  3. gán ghép, áp đặt

    To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.

    figuratively · transitive

    People claiming to be psychic may shoehorn an event into fulfillment of some vague past prediction.

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