He’s the sort of insensitive bully who enjoys throwing his weight around.

【throw】他是个冷漠无情、仗势欺人的家伙，就爱到处横行霸道。

While Nicholas the First was stamping out Decemberists, chipping away at the Ottoman Empire, and throwing his weight around Europe, matters in his own country were coming to a boil.

尼古拉一世在镇压十二月党人，蚕食奥斯曼帝国的土地，称霸欧洲的时候，国内的事情却乱成了一团糟。