domineering

单词辨析:

domineering bossy dominant 【导航词义:专横的】
domineering adj. [贬]专横的,霸道的
〔辨析〕

指飞扬跋扈、控制欲很强的,常试图控制其他人或事物,而不顾及他人的意见或感受。

〔例证〕

a domineering boss/manner

专横的老板/盛气凌人的态度

She found him arrogant and domineering.

她发现他这个人非常傲慢,而且控制欲极强。

Jim was stubborn and domineering with a very bad temper.

吉姆既固执又专横,脾气还很坏。

Their son was domineering as a little boy.

他们的儿子早在童年时就要做孩子王。

bossy adj. [贬]专横的,爱指使人的
〔辨析〕

尤指对人颐指气使、爱发号施令的。

〔例证〕

Don't be so bossy.

别这么指手画脚的!

Mary remembers being a rather bossy little girl.

玛丽记得自己曾是一个颇为专横的小姑娘。

She moved out because her mother-in-law is too bossy.

她的婆婆爱指使人,所以她搬出去住了。

dominant adj. [贬]专横的,盛气凌人的
〔辨析〕

作此义解时,可与 domineering 换用。

〔例证〕

a dominant/domineering mother/personality

专横的母亲/霸道的个性

相关例句:

For persistent domineering intrigues and the spirit of cabal creep beneath the cover.

持续盛气凌人的阴谋和精神的阴谋蠕变的封面下方。

Many of her women friends also had domineering husbands.

她的女性朋友中,好多人的丈夫也都很专横。

It is said that once upon a time there was a girl who was unusually domineering.

听说在很久以前,有位姑娘脾气很坏,总是盛气凌人。

But they knew also the chairman's domineering temper and tenacity.

可是他们也知道董事长的脾气就是那样专断,那样执拗。

She is not a domineering mother.

她不是一个爱发号施令的母亲。

The fact is that many marriages were simply based on convenience and wives are no longer willing to accept the abusive domineering attitudes of husbands.

事实是许多婚姻仅仅建立在便利的基础上,而且妻子不再愿意接受丈夫作威作福的态度。