喜樂美語
  1. 1aB2/kənˈtroʊlɪŋ/ · /kənˈtrəʊlɪŋ/控制欲強的；愛掌控別人的

    Always trying to make someone do what you want, instead of letting them choose for themselves. You use this word to show that you think it is not a fair way to treat a person.

    示範例句 · Example

    Hana loves her aunt, but her aunt can be controlling — she picks Hana's clothes, her hobbies, even her friends.

    逐字花奈愛她的阿姨，但她的阿姨可以是控制欲強的——她挑花奈的衣服、她的興趣，甚至她的朋友。

    「controlling」形容一個人「總是要別人照他的意思做」。重點不在他管了一次兩次，而在「一直都這樣，很少留空間讓對方自己決定」。這個字本身就帶著說話者不認同的味道，所以你一說 a controlling parent，聽的人就知道你覺得這樣對孩子並不公平——它是英文裡少數「形容詞本身就含評價」的字，所以講真實的人時常先軟化成 a bit controlling。可以想成：control 就像把東西握在手裡，要它往哪就往哪；controlling 就像這隻手伸到「人」身上，一直握著不放。

    常見搭配

    • controlling parents

      控制欲強的父母

      parents who always try to make their child do what they want

      She wanted to make her own choices, away from her controlling parents.

    • too controlling

      管太多、太愛掌控

      controlling to a degree that the people around you mind

      He knows he was too controlling, so now he asks first.

    • a controlling boss

      什麼都要管的老闆

      a manager who decides everything and leaves the team no choices

      A controlling boss reads every email before it goes out.

    • controlling behaviour

      控制他人的行為

      the way someone acts when they keep taking other people's choices away

      The article explains how to talk to a friend about controlling behaviour.

core核心畫面

Picture one person holding the steering wheel of someone else's life — deciding where they go, who they see, how they spend money — so the other person's own choices keep getting overridden. The word also carries the speaker's judgement: calling someone controlling is saying this is not a fair way to treat a person.

可以想成一個人握著別人生活的方向盤：去哪裡、跟誰見面、錢怎麼花，全都由他決定。對方不是不會選，而是每次一開口就被蓋過去。這個字本身帶著說話者的評價——用它就等於在指出：這樣對待一個人並不公平。

同家族的字

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

controllingadj/kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/

  • 1

    Exerting control over a person or thing.

    • His mother is very controlling.

controllingnoun/kənˈtɹoʊlɪŋ/

  • 1

    The act of exerting control.

    • What humble submission presided within; / How free from the reign, and controllings of sin.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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