heavy-handed

英 ['hevi'hændid] 美
  • adj. 严厉的;笨手笨脚的;手辣的

低频词

英英释义


1. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands;
"a bumbling mechanic"
"a bungling performance"
"ham-handed governmental interference"
"could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse
2. unjustly domineering;
"incensed at the government's heavy-handed economic economic policies"
"a manager who rode roughshod over all opposition"

实用场景例句


Don't be too heavy-handed with the salt.
别放太多的盐。

牛津词典

a heavy-handed approach
冷酷无情的方法

牛津词典

heavy-handed police methods
警察的高压手段

牛津词典

In fact she tends to be a little heavy-handed when she wears make-up.
实际上她的妆往往化得有点过浓。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

It all depends on how heavy-handed you are with the paprika...
这要看你下多重的辣椒粉了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The demonstration had been dealt with in a violent and heavy-handed way...
示威遭到了残暴的镇压。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...heavy-handed police tactics...
警方的粗暴手段

柯林斯高阶英语词典

My sister plays the piano badly; she is too heavy handed.
我姐姐弹钢琴弹得很不好, 她太笨了.

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Dora is skillful in making toys, but Barbara is heavy handed.
多拉善于做玩具,手很巧, 但是巴巴拉却笨手笨脚的.

期刊摘选

中文词源


heavy-handed 重手的,高压的

heavy,重的,hand,手。比喻用法。

双语例句


1. I don't want any more of that heavy stuff.
我再也不想碰那种麻烦事了。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The outside air was heavy and moist and sultry.
外面的空气沉滞、潮湿而闷热。

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3. I slowly zipped and locked the heavy black nylon bags.
我慢慢地把那些沉重的黑色尼龙袋的拉链拉上并锁好。

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4. The city has been flattened by heavy artillery bombardments.
城市已被猛烈的炮火夷为平地。

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5. There was a heavy thudding noise against the bedroom door.
卧室门上发出一声沉重的撞击声。

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英文词源


heavy-handed (adj.)
also heavyhanded, 1630s, originally "weary" or "clumsy;" from heavy (adj.) + -handed. Sense of "overbearing" is first recorded 1883.

词态变化


比较级: heavier-handed ;最高级: heaviest-handed;