"throw your weight around" in Chinese (Simplified)
仗势欺人滥用权力
Definition
以傲慢或专横的方式滥用自己的权力、权威或影响力,常让别人感到不舒服或无力反抗。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
这是一个非正式且带有负面评价的表达。常用于批评滥用权力或地位的人。常见搭配如:'经理喜欢throw his weight around'。这里weight指权力或影响力,不是实际的体重。
Examples
The new manager likes to throw his weight around at meetings.
新经理喜欢在会议上**仗势欺人**。
People respect her because she doesn't throw her weight around.
人们尊重她,因为她不会**仗势欺人**。
He always tries to throw his weight around when things don't go his way.
每当事情不如意时,他总是**滥用权力**。
Nobody likes it when someone starts to throw their weight around just because they're the boss.
没人喜欢有人只是因为是老板就开始**仗势欺人**。
She tried to throw her weight around but no one was impressed.
她试图**仗势欺人**,但没人感到佩服。
If you keep throwing your weight around, people will stop listening to you.
如果你一直**滥用权力**,大家就不会再听你的了。