词汇 | hectoringly |
释义 | hectoringly adverb uk /ˈhek.tər.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈhek.tɚ.ɪŋ.li/ in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get someone to act or think the way you want them to: His manner of hectoringly preaching to the people in his congregation has caused some of them to look for another church or stop attending entirely. The author's tone is hectoringly didactic, but it remains to be seen if the book will motivate readers to take action. Related word hectoring Her habit of hectoringly returning to the same themes is exhausting and makes critics wonder if she can produce anything new. Ways of talking atonally beg the questionidiom blah blither come out coo pipe up prate spluttery stammer stiltedly sweet nothings talk nonsenseidiom talk through your hatidiom tattle telegrammatic turn of phrase undertone wax witter |
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