high-handed
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌhigh-ˈhanded adjective POWERusing your authority in an unreasonable way 专横的，高压的，盛气凌人的 She resented his high-handed manner. 她憎恶他专横的态度。 high-handed and insensitive management decisions 专横、冷漠的管理决策 —high-handedly adverb —high-handedness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
high-handed• Some treated their staff in a high-handed and tyrannical way.• Their attitude towards the masses was condescending, high-handed and ultimately dictatorial.• Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude.• But they will not understand a high-handed decision by the Florida Legislature to take the law into its own hands.• His high-handed dismissal of an outspoken professor brought unwanted national attention to the struggling school.• The company has a reputation for being high-handed in its treatment of clients.• These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk.• The high-handed way in which Washington dropped the idea on its Western partners accounts for some the hostile reaction it has received.ˌhigh-ˈhanded adjectiveChineseSyllable
unreasonable Corpus way your authority in using an
high-handed
ˌhigh-ˈhanded
adjective
using your authority in an unreasonable way:
She resented his high-handed manner.
high-handed and insensitive management decisions
—high-handedly adverb
—high-handedness noun [uncountable]
ˌhigh-ˈhanded
adjectiveusing your authority in an unreasonable way:
—high-handedly adverb
—high-handedness noun [uncountable]