Word · Frequency #9273
Hector
/ˈhektə/
noun
恃强凌弱者；虚张声势的人
A blustering, noisy, turbulent person; a braggart or bully.
- 1.
Sometimes in the form Hector: a blustering, noisy, turbulent fellow; a braggart, bully.
有时形式为Hector:一个虚张声势、吵闹、好斗的家伙；吹牛者,恶霸。
有时形式为Hector:一个虚张声势、吵闹、好斗的家伙；吹牛者,恶霸。；威吓者；虚张声势的人
In use
The office hector always tries to dominate meetings with his loud voice.
Don't let that hector push you around; stand up for yourself.
The neighborhood hector threatened the kids but never actually harmed anyone.
Connections
Collocations
- hector someone into submission
- 强迫某人屈服
- The bully tried to hector the smaller boy into submission.那个恶霸试图威吓那个小男孩，让他屈服。
- hector the witness
- 威吓证人
- The lawyer was accused of trying to hector the witness.该律师被指控试图威吓证人。
- constantly hector
- 不断威吓
- He constantly hectors his subordinates, making them feel anxious.他不断威吓下属，让他们感到焦虑。
- a bragging hector
- 一个吹嘘的威吓者
- The tavern was full of bragging hectors looking for a fight.酒馆里满是吹嘘的威吓者，想找架打。
- hector relentlessly
- 无情地威吓
- The drill sergeant hectored the recruits relentlessly.训练中士无情地威吓新兵。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个叫赫克托的人，总是虚张声势吓唬人，谐音“黑吓他”——黑衣人吓唬他。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描述、历史讨论 该词作为名词指‘威吓者’，通常用于正式或文学语境，多描述特洛伊战争中的赫克托耳或比喻性的威吓者。
Pronunciation & Spelling
sector, vector, rector share the same stressed vowel /e/ and rhyme with hector; doctor, actor, factor are spelling lookalikes with different vowels (/ɒ/, /æ/, /æ/).
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