hector
verb (formal)- hector somebody | + speech
to try to make somebody do something by talking or behaving in an aggressive way 威逼;威吓 Extra Examplessynonym bullyUnlike most environmentalists, she doesn't hector us about giving things up. 和大多数环保主义者不同,她不会威逼我们放弃某些事物。 Countries are tired of being hectored by Western leaders about industrial emissions. 各国厌倦了西方领导人对工业排放的威吓。 Teachers are feeling pushed around, hectored, lectured and badgered. 老师们感到被推来推去,被威吓,被说教,被纠缠。
Word Originlate Middle English: from the Trojan warrior Hector. Originally denoting a hero, the sense later became ‘braggart or bully’ (applied in the late 17th cent. to a member of a gang of London youths), hence ‘talk to in a bullying way’.