overweening
英 [əʊvə'wiːnɪŋ]
美[,ovɚ'winɪŋ]
- adj. 自负的，过于自信的；过分的
近义词
boastful
英英释义
- 1. unrestrained in especially feelings;
- "extravagant praise"
- "exuberant compliments"
- "overweening ambition"
- "overweening greed"
- 2. presumptuously arrogant;
- "had a witty but overweening manner"
- "no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet
- "getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times
实用场景例句
- 'Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit,' she said.
- “你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The overweening enemy will soon learn this to his cost.
- 关于这一点,傲视一切敌人不久就要得到惨痛的教训.
演讲部分
- Madge Wildfire , who , among other indications of insanity , had a most overweening opinion of those charms.
- 玛吉虽说疯疯颠颠, 却还特别爱个俊俏.
辞典例句
- In our foreign trade some people are arrogant and overweening, and this is wrong.
- 在对外贸易方面,有些人骄傲,妄自尊大, 这是不对的.
期刊摘选
- An overweening public sector has stifled growth in jobs in service industries.
- 自负的公共部门已经妨碍了服务业岗位的增长.
期刊摘选
- After 90: heaven and on earth, overweening!
- 90后: 天上地下, 唯我独尊!
期刊摘选
- And it is the love of the impertinent and the overweening.
- 这是无礼的粗鲁的人的爱意.
期刊摘选
- He was overweening and displayed his slight skill before an expert on a public occasion.
- 他目中无人,在大庭广众之下班门弄斧.
期刊摘选
- 'Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit,' she said.
- “你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
辞典例句
- "Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.
- “你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
柯林斯例句
中文词源
overweening 过于自负的
over-,超过，过度，ween,认为，追寻，想象，词源同win.比喻用法。
助记提示
1. over- "beyond, above normal" + ween "以为; 想像" + -ing.
双语例句
- 1. "Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.
- “你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 'Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit,' she said.
- “你表面谦虚，骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
来自辞典例句
- 3. The overweening enemy will soon learn this to his cost.
- 关于这一点,傲视一切敌人不久就要得到惨痛的教训.
来自演讲部分
- 4. Madge Wildfire , who , among other indications of insanity , had a most overweening opinion of those charms.
- 玛吉虽说疯疯颠颠, 却还特别爱个俊俏.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of , at times , overweening self - confidence.
- 在她一生中,她常常靠摆出泰然自若的样子, 来掩饰内心的犹豫不定.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- overweening
- overweening: see wish
- overweening (adj.)
- mid-14c., from present participle of verb overwenen "be conceited, presume, be presumptuous, be over-confident," from Old English oferwenian "to be proud, become insolent or presumptuous;" see over- + ween.