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If someone is heavy-handed, they take too much action — they come down hard when a lighter hand would do, and they often fail to think how other people will feel. A heavy-handed punishment for a small mistake; a heavy-handed new rule; a heavy-handed parent. It is not a compliment.
If someone is heavy-handed如果一個人 heavy-handed, they take too much action他們就是出手過重 — when a lighter hand would do在輕一點就夠的時候 they come down hard他們重重壓下來, and they often fail to think而且常常沒想到 how other people will feel別人會是什麼感受。 for a small mistake對一個小錯 A heavy-handed punishment一個下手太重的處罰; a heavy-handed new rule一條太粗重的新規定; a heavy-handed parent一位管得太重的家長。 It它 is not a compliment不是稱讚。
You can also call a joke, a film, or an advertisement heavy-handed when it pushes the message too hard, with no lightness. And people sometimes use it for handling: too much salt, too much makeup — a heavy hand, no fine control.
when it pushes the message too hard當它把訊息推得太用力、 with no lightness一點輕盈都沒有的時候, You can also call你也可以說 a joke一個笑話、 a film一部電影、 or an advertisement或一支廣告 heavy-handed是 heavy-handed。 And people sometimes use it for人們有時也拿它說 clumsy handling笨重的處理方式: too much salt鹽下太多、 too much makeup妝化太濃 — a heavy hand一隻重重的手, no fine control沒有細膩的控制。
The everyday opposite idea is a light touch. Do not hear it as a note about the weight of someone's fingers; it is about force and feeling.
The everyday opposite idea日常裡相反的概念 is是 a light touch a light touch,輕輕的一手。 Do not hear it as別把它聽成 about the weight of someone's fingers在講誰手指重量 a note的一句話; it is about它講的是 force力道 and feeling和有沒有顧到感受。
組成From heavy + hand + -ed, literally having a heavy hand.
同家族的字
- heavy-handednessthe noun: the quality of being heavy-handed
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
heavy-handedadj
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derogatoryClumsy; awkward.
- Some people say, 'I can't make pastry, I'm too heavy-handed.'
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Excessive; overdone.
- Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.
- However, recently I got a little heavy-handed with the red pepper flakes.
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derogatoryLacking subtlety or nuance.
- ...punk “music has been, and still is, one of the most heavy-handed genres of music there is. Unfortunately the topics of such heavy-handed songs are almost always seeped in left wing propaganda, bumper sticker rallying calls and oversimplifications of otherwise complex topics."
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derogatoryOverbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive.
- “Heavy-handed, huh? Is that by any chance your way of telling me that I'm a bad communicator?" "No, it's my way of telling you that you obviously haven't shaken the take-charge attitude."
- I cite how ineffective heavy-handed training methods are due to the physiological state of high arousal and avoidance behaviors they cause in dogs.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。