hector

in Vietnamese Threaten, đe dọa, bắt nạt

BrE /ˈhek.tə/ AmE /ˈhek.tər/

verb / noun en → vi

1 THREATEN/INTIMIDATE [transitive] B2

Threaten, đe dọa, bắt nạt

to threaten or bully someone, especially in order to get something from them

  • hector somebody

Collocations hector someone into doing something · hector someone out of doing something

  • He was hectoring the shopkeeper to lower the price.

    Anh ta đang đe dọa chủ cửa hàng để giảm giá.

2 NAME [noun] C1

Tên (nam)

the name of a male given at birth or baptism, especially in Scotland and northern England

Collocations a Hector

  • He was named Hector after his grandfather.

    Anh ta được đặt tên là Hector theo ông nội của mình.