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单词 heavy-handedness
释义
heavy-handedˌheavy-ˈhanded adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Irving's new novel contains too much heavy-handed symbolism.
  • Penn has been criticized for his heavy-handed style of management.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • An incident with a couple of heavy-handed cops touched it off, and the riot was on.
  • If a president makes heavy-handed use of the authority, Congress will find a way to take it back.
  • It is no surprise that an incident involving heavy-handed policing created the spark to start a new incident.
  • Newman's pained performance is a slightly heavy-handed but compelling version of the Marlon method.
  • One might have thought that this was the sort of heavy-handed executive action which the Constitutional Court was in business to curb.
  • The humour was heavy-handed and, in response to Simon Franks' nervous laugh, Blanche smiled politely.
  • The measure passed easily, but heavy-handed government interference in the voting brought the result into question.
  • The somewhat heavy-handed symbolism of the watch not withstanding, the work is a fine contemplation on death.
taking too much action or extreme action, especially without thinking about other people’s feelings:  a heavy-handed style of managementheavy-handedness noun [uncountable]
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