a heavy-handed approach
冷酷无情的方法
heavy-handed police methods
警察的高压手段
Don't be too heavy-handed with the salt.
别放太多的盐。
1.拙劣的
2.高压的,暴虐的
1.using too much force, or not considering people’s feelings enough when dealing with a situation
2.not showing delicate, graceful, or skillful qualities
1.The PCAPA was formed within days of that landmine attack, ostensibly to protest against the police's heavy-handed response to it.
PCAPA在那次地雷袭击发生后的几天内迅速成立，表面上是为了抗议警方对这次事件所采取的高压措施。
2.Russia's heavy-handed energy diplomacy is often counterproductive.
俄罗斯僵硬的能源外交政策经常使得能源目标难以实现。
3.Yahoo! seems to have come up with the ultimate response to Microsoft's heavy-handed attempts to purchase the internet portal.
看上去雅虎终于对微软收购其互联网门户的重拳出击有了回应。
4.As it was, Mr Abe's hatchet-men had to be restrained from the same heavy-handed methods that prevented a rate rise last time.
考虑到来自国际反应，安培先生的“随从”无法采取与上次相同的拙劣方法来阻止利率的上调。
5.Prospects of a coup in the midst of these tensions are slim, but heavy-handed political interference from the Turkish military is likely.
紧张气氛中发生政变的可能性不大，但是土耳其军方严重干预政治是很有可能的。
6.It might be moved to legislate if it thinks the EPA is being too heavy-handed.
如果它认为EPA动作迟缓的话，可能会采取立法行动。
7.General McChrystal noted as much in January, when he issued a new directive to avoid needless casualties and heavy-handed intrusions.
一月份时，StanleyMcChrystal将军部署新指令，要求行动时尽量避免无谓伤亡以及过度侵犯百姓。
8.Some of the curator's choices seem a bit odd and the written descriptions, which add little, are occasionally heavy-handed .
馆长的一些选择似乎有些独辟蹊径，他附注的说明文字增色甚少，而且有时言不达意。
9.The beauty with that sort of system is that it doesn't impose heavy-handed rules on people who don't need them.
那种类型系统的优点在于它不会对不需要的人强加严厉的规则。
10.Forcing people to do something is heavy-handed, but sometimes it's necessary to jolt people out of their collective or inpidual rut.
强迫人们做一些事是不明智的，但有时打破人们关于其集体或个人意识陈规是必要的。