hectoring 的 3 个定义
- Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
- a blustering, domineering person; a bully.
- a male given name.
- to treat with insolence; bully; torment: The teacher hectored his students incessantly.
- to act in a blustering, domineering way; be a bully.
hectoring 近义词
bully
更多hectoring例句
- They thanked him profusely for his public service, apologized for Republican hectoring, and complained about decorum.
- You can't imagine those words being spoken by the hectoring Belfort.
- Democrats' didn't get the allegiance of women by hectoring them, by saying take off that apron, GOP housewives, and join us.
- McCain's debates were strings of tired GOP talking points, delivered in rather hectoring tone of voice.
- Do Not Ask What Good We Do accomplishes in 300 pages what 300 hours of hectoring cable news hosts cannot.
- Such a person is usually hectoring towards his inferiors and servile to those above him.
- I choose between a man of courtesy and a silly, hectoring boy.
- But there was that in the hectoring tone of Gilbert Scarlett which he did not like.
- He had been sternly prohibited from "hectoring" the little maid, and the prohibition sat heavily upon him.
- He hath a loud and hectoring voice; he assumes, to suit his own purposes, the possession of learning and piety.