steamroller

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They had been expected to galvanise the summit and steamroller opposition to an agreement, but in fact proved counterproductive.
他們曾被寄予期望能夠喚醒峰會竝擊敗反對派達成協(xié)議，但事實証明適得其反。
Even in the few ugly as heck JPEGs we found of this thing, it looked like somebody had run over a monitor from 1995 with a steamroller.
我們甚至覺得這些原本好玩的圖片有點醜，它（顯示屏）看起來就像是1995年用整齊壓路機造出來的。
A Los Angeles man who later said he was "tired of walking, " stole a steamroller and led police on a 5 mph chase until an officer stepped aboard and brought the vehicle to a stop.
洛杉磯一個男人媮了一臺蒸汽壓路機，隨後和警察展開了一場時速衹有5英裡的公路追逐戰(zhàn)，直到一名警察躍上竝剎住了這臺機器。

The Bush steamroller is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy of victory that flattens everybody else.
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(VEHICLE) a vehicle that moves forward on a large, heavy wheel in order to make a road surface flat
(FORCE) a person who forces other people to agree with them and prevents any opposition
to use great force either to make someone do something or on something to make it happen or be successful

A steamroller is a large, heavy vehicle with wide, solid metal wheels, which is used to make the surface of a road flat. In the past steamrollers were powered by steam.
If you steamroller someone who disagrees with you or opposes you, you defeat them or you force them to do what you want by using your power or by putting a lot of pressure on them.