英语释义

• having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

  "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"

  "haughty aristocrats"

  "his lordly manners were offensive"

  "walked with a prideful swagger"

  "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"

  "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"

  "shaggy supercilious camels"

  "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

片语

self-glorifying自命不凡的

pretentious自命不凡的；炫耀的；做作的

英汉例句

• investors are even sniffy about german bonds: an auction of ten-year bunds on november 23rd shifted only €3.6 billion-worth ($4.8 billion) of the €6 billion-worth on offer.

  甚至德国债都提不起投资者的兴趣：在11月23日的一次十年期债券拍卖中，总计60亿欧元债券却仅有36亿得到认购（约合48亿美元）。

• he suggests they may become 「building blocks」 for his more expansive asia-pacific community. sniffy asians will surely see that as presumptuous.

  他建议这些组织可以成为更为开朗的亚太共同体的「砖石」。嗤之以鼻的亚洲人必将此试之澳大利亚的专横。

• business studies—a mixture of law, accountancy and practical french—were taught at oxford as early as the 13th century, arousing the same sniffy response from some of the dons as they do today.

  早在13世纪牛津就开始教商学了，那是一个结合了法律、会计和实用法语的学科，和现在一样，许多教员对这种学科嗤之以鼻。

• the only kind of entrepreneur who becomes famous in britain, a nation sniffy about business people, is the flashy personality who embodies the brand.

  在对商人不屑一顾的英国，能够蜚声成名的企业家只有那种性格鲜明、凸显品牌特性的人。

• by the early 18th century it was already a busy popular museum, although one sniffy german visitor of 1710 said 「herr burgermeister reimer in luneberg has twice as many specimens」.

  18世纪早期之前，阿什莫尔已经是人流涌动、极受欢迎的博物馆，尽管1710年有位自命不凡的德国参观者说：「吕内堡莱默市长的藏品是这里的两倍。」

• western firms such as ibm and accenture can be sniffy about their indian rivals’ sophistication.

  西方国家像ibm、埃森哲（accenture）等公司也许会对印度对手们的城府嗤之以鼻。

• they are also unwilling to use kidneys from elderly donors, and are sniffy about those whose function is less than perfect.

  同样的，他们不愿用来自较年老捐赠人的肾脏，也看不上那些功能称不上完美的器官。

• the european central bank, which is not a lender of last resort even to banks in the euro zone, has been sniffy about lending to countries outside it.

  欧洲中央银行曾经自命不凡地向其它地区的国家放贷，现在甚至没有能力向欧元区的银行注资。

• he is always puffing about the expensive wines he brings over to my place, and is then sniffy about the offerings i take round to his.

  他总是吹嘘自己带到我家来的名贵红酒，而对我带到他家去的酒总是嗤之以鼻。

• standard &poor’s, the other big rating agency, followed the crowd with its own, slightly sniffy opinion on the redwood issue.

  另外一家评级机构——标準普尔，就随波逐流，对红杉信托发行rmbs一事嗤之以鼻。

• i realise it is fashionable to be sniffy about wikipedia, but on colds it is surely sound in stating categorically that you do not get them from being cold.

  我知道，现在流行于对维基百科嗤之以鼻，但关于感冒，维基坚决认为不是由于受寒引起的，这一点确实有理。

• but a former samsung executive says that some senior managers are sniffy about his youth (he is 40) and the failure of an e-commerce venture he managed.

  但一位三星前执行官表示部分高层管理者对于他的资历（目前才40岁）以及之前在电子商务的失败投资嗤之以鼻。

• sniffy and fluffy were beginning to think they would never see any giant flowers…

  斯尼非和弗拉非正想，他们可能看不到什么大花了。

• sniffy could hardly wait!

  斯尼非简直等不及了！

相似词

arrogant自大的，傲慢的

assumptive假定的；设想的；傲慢的

bumptious傲慢的；瞎自夸的

cavalier漫不经心的，无忧无虑的

chesty胸部丰满的；胸部大的；骄傲的

haughty傲慢的；自大的

high-handed高压的；专横的；目空一切的

high-hat自命不凡

huffish发怒的；傲慢的；不高兴的

huffy怒沖沖的；暴躁的

imperious专横的；迫切的；傲慢的

important重要的，重大的；有地位的；有权力的

lofty(Lofty)人名；(英)洛夫蒂

lordlyad 贵族般地；高傲地

masterful有控制能力的，有驾驭能力的；技艺精湛的；专横的

overweening自负的，过于自信的；过分的

peremptory强制的；绝对的；断然的；专横的

pompous自大的；浮夸的；华而不实的；爱炫耀的

presuming冒昧的，自以为是的

presumptuous专横的；放肆的；冒昧的

pretentious自命不凡的；炫耀的；做作的

self-assertive自作主张的，孤行专断的

stiff-necked顽固的

supercilious目空一切的，高傲的；傲慢的，自大的

superior上级，长官；优胜者，高手；长者

uppish傲慢的；盛气凌人的

uppity傲慢的；自负的；不易控制的

相反词

humble使谦恭；轻松打败（尤指强大的对手）；低声下气

lowly卑贱的；地位低的；谦逊的

modest(Modest)人名；(罗)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫杰斯特

unpretentious谦逊的；含蓄的；不炫耀的；不铺张的