heavy-handed

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a. 笨手笨脚的, 严厉的

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词形变化

more heavy-handed 比较级 most heavy-handed 最高级

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heavyhanded

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Clumsy; awkward.

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  2. 2.

    Excessive; overdone.

    Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.

  3. 3.

    Lacking subtlety or nuance.

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  4. 4.

    Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive.

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同义词 8

left-handed bumbling bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless roughshod

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domineering maladroit

词源

From heavy + hand + -ed, literally “having a heavy hand”. Compare Middle English hevitime, heviteme (“burdensome, grievous, grave”), from Old English hefiġtīme, hefiġtȳme (“grievous, wearisome, tedious, troublesome”).

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