Word · Frequency #9273
hector
恃强凌弱者；虚张声势的人
核心释义
A blustering, noisy, turbulent person; a braggart or bully.
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有时形式为Hector:一个虚张声势、吵闹、好斗的家伙；吹牛者,恶霸。
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。；威吓者；虚张声势的人
用法In use
The office hector always tries to dominate meetings with his loud voice.
用法提示：这里 hector 是名词，指用气势压人的人。
Don't let that hector push you around; stand up for yourself.
用法提示：hector 作名词，表示虚张声势的威吓者。
The neighborhood hector threatened the kids but never actually harmed anyone.
用法提示：hector 指虚张声势的威吓者，通过威胁来吓唬人。
a hector
hector 作名词时可数，单数前用不定冠词 a/an，指某个爱吵闹、爱逞强的人。
The new foreman was a hector who shouted down anyone who questioned him.
新来的工头是个恶霸，谁质疑他他就把谁吼住。
call sb a hector
用 call sb + 名词 的结构指出某人是什么样的人，名词前通常要加冠词。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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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