| 词汇 | throw weight around |
| 释义 | throw weight aroundthrow weight around 1 FORCE somebody TO DO somethingto use your position of authority to tell people what to do in an unreasonable way 耀武扬威，作威作福 He’s the sort of insensitive bully who enjoys throwing his weight around. 他是个冷漠无情、仗势欺人的家伙，就爱到处横行霸道。 Examples from the Corpus throw your weight around• The apprentice was some distant relation of Pollitt's wife; that'd be why he was throwing his weight around.• The commission has a reputation for throwing its weight around.• But that bloody Caitlin, he had to throw his weight around.• Do we in petty ways throw our weight around?• It's a chance for rugby to throw its weight around.• Maybe she could have handled that a little more tactfully instead of sounding as though she was throwing her weight around.• Why is everyone so upset? Has George been throwing his weight around again?• How dare the Nottinghamshire police suppose they can throw their weight around in this way?• She likes to throw her weight around -- it makes her feel important.• Mortgage traders were the sort of fat people who grunt from the belly and throw their weight around, like sumo wrestlers.• But being annual they would be open to reprisals if they threw their weight around too much. → throw your weight around at throw1(16) 2 informalTELL/ORDER somebody TO DO something to use your position of authority to tell people what to do in an unpleasant and unreasonable way 指手画脚；滥用权势 Examples from the Corpus throw your weight about/around• Mortgage traders were the sort of fat people who grunt from the belly and throw their weight around, like sumo wrestlers.• How dare the Nottinghamshire police suppose they can throw their weight around in this way?• Very strong in his own way, not swaggering or throwing his weight about, but a great inner strength.• But being annual they would be open to reprisals if they threw their weight around too much.• But that bloody Caitlin, he had to throw his weight around.• It's a chance for rugby to throw its weight around.• Maybe she could have handled that a little more tactfully instead of sounding as though she was throwing her weight around.• Do we in petty ways throw our weight around? → throw your weight about/around at weight1(2) |
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