hectored

英 [ˈhektəd]

美 [ˈhektərd]

v.  威逼; 威吓
hector的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 威吓;欺凌
  If you say that someoneis hectoringyou, you do not like the way they are trying to make you do something by bothering you and talking to you aggressively.
  1. I suppose you'll hector me until I phone him.
     我想若是我不给他打电话，你就会一直威吓我。

双语例句

• Then let the growth rate emerge as a byproduct of the activities of individual citizens, who do not need to be hectored with quotations on the good life from Aristotle or anyone else.
  接下来，让增长率逐渐成为个体公民行为的附带结果，如此一来，人们也就无需因为亚里士多德（Aristotle）或是其他任何人关于美好生活的箴言而感到烦恼了。
• Marcus must be left alone, he must not be hectored.
  马库斯一定得独自待着，他一定不能受到威吓烦扰。