heavy-handed

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Clumsy; awkward. derogatory
    — Some people say, 'I can't make pastry, I'm too heavy-handed.'
  2. Excessive; overdone.
    — Do not be too heavy-handed with the salt.
  3. Lacking subtlety or nuance. derogatory
    — ...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."
  4. Overbearing, coercive; unnecessarily forceful; harsh, oppressive. derogatory
    — “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."

词形变化

more heavy-handed comparative most heavy-handed superlative heavyhanded alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
heavy-handedly heavy-handedness
相关词
hard-handed iron-handed

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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