英语释义

• 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

• unrestrained in especially feelings;

  "extravagant praise"

  "exuberant compliments"

  "overweening ambition"

  "overweening greed"

片语

overweening attitude嚣张气焰

overweening a过分的

proud(Proud)人名；(英)普劳德

tall(Tall)人名；(马里、阿拉伯)塔勒；(芬、罗、瑞典)塔尔；(英)托尔；(土)塔勒

overweening pride神气十足

be overweening狂妄自大

overweening ambition过分自信的抱负

overweening advice自负的意见

overweening E自负的

ultra过激分子，极端主义者

be arrogant and overweening妄自尊大

excessive过多的，极度的；过分的

英汉例句

• i did it in my way, but he thought a different explanation would fit better. my overweening conceit made me stick to my guns and argue the point with him at length.

  但他认为另一种解释会更确切些，我过度的自矜使我坚持和他争辩到底。

• it is the overweening arrogance that the early british colonizers represent themselves in their imperial literature, while the resistance of the colonial other「s is totally ignored.

  英国早期的帝国文本一味体现白人种族的优越和不可一世，而漠视殖民他者的抵触和呼声。

• she has been quick to embrace tea-party activists’ complaints about overweening government, and even formed a 「tea party caucus」 in congress.

  对于茶党激进人士对政府过于自负的抱怨，她迅速照单全收不说，还在国会组建了「茶党党团」。

• the most partisan politicians, upon winning, must govern in the name of all, using the powers of overweening government they have secured, so to hell with all politicians.

  一旦赢得大选，党派政客们大多须以全体的名义进行统治，把他们所维护的过分夸大的政府权力运用起来，所以就让政客们统统见鬼去吧。

• namely, anti-rationalism of the enlightenment and the intellectual elite overweening attitude.

  理性主义和知识精英唯我独尊的启蒙心态。

• he could have galvanised the great majority that have been cheated by an overweening super-class but thought it electorally necessary to mimic the tory myth of the undifferentiated big-tent 「middle」.

  他本可以唤醒大部分受自负的特权阶级蒙蔽的人们，但是模仿保守党的「中产阶级」多数论的神话对选举有利。

• the proud and arrogant man-「mocker」 is his name; he behaves with overweening pride.

  心骄气傲的人，名叫亵慢，他行事狂妄，都出于骄傲。

• no: england had no need of an national stadium, just a huge, overweening desire for one.

  不：英格兰队不需要一个专门的国家队比赛场，只是某些骄傲自负的虚荣心需要它。

• ngos now lobby for convicts’ rights, and lawyers argue that the issue is not between death-row convicts and the rest of the citizenry but of overweening state power over all.

  非政府组织如今为犯人的权利保障而四处游说，律师认为这不是死囚罪犯与其他公民之间的问题，而是过度的国家职权将凌驾于国民之上的问题。

• the plan to find alternatives to an overweening state in the provision of public services made sense only if profitmaking firms were fully part of the mix.

  这一计划是要找到一种除了妄自尊大的政府之外向人民提供公共服务的替代方法，而这仅当盈利性公司全力参与时才有可能成功。

• i agree. he is always overweening when he talks.

  便是，他说话时老是目空一切。

• others may fall around us like leaves, or be mowed down by the scythe of time like grass: these are but metaphors to the unreflecting, buoyant ears and overweening presumption of youth.

  有些人会是我们身边的落叶或是像被时间的镰刀铲除的杂草。这些不仅仅是比喻，而是对那些肤浅，大脑空洞，自负的年轻人的预告。

• henry kissinger once noted that 「what is presented by foreign critics as america」s overweening quest for domination is very frequently a response to domestic pressure groups.」

  亨利·基辛格曾说过，「国际上总有关于美国自负号令天下的批评，然而美国这些表现十有八九是出于国内某些利益集团的压力」。

• at times, government is overweening and ought to be cut back. at others, active government is required to steady markets, help the needy or serve the public good.

  有时，政府是自负的，理应遭到抑制和裁剪；而有时，在稳定市场、救济穷困者或提供公共品方面，强政府又是必需的。

• of course, such an overweening purpose did not develop all at once.

  当然，如此自负的目的并非一蹴而就。

相似词

consequential间接的；结果的；重要的；随之发生的；自傲的

boastful自夸的；自负的；喜夸耀的