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

片语

uppity airs老爷习气

assuming假定；设想；承担；采取（assume的现在分词）

Uppity Women巾帼精英

Uppity children不知天高地厚的孩子

Uppity Cracker出版者

uppity y自负的

proud(Proud)人名；(英)普劳德

英汉例句

• this has been portrayed as a trivial matter being pursued by some cynical and uppity americans who don’t know their place.

  这被描绘成了一桩鸡毛蒜皮的小事，只有某些愤世嫉俗，不知天高地厚，不掂掂自己斤两的美国人在那里执着的追根问底。

• [font=tahoma]17. he might have got away with it, were it not for an uppity florida tycoon, bill koch, who had bought four of the jefferson bottles.

  他（罗德斯多克）本可以卷款潜逃，要不是自负的佛罗里达州大亨——比尔?科赫，（一口气）买下了四瓶杰弗逊先生的藏酒。

• team clinton is full of people who have made it clear that they regard the obamaites as uppity whippersnappers.

  克林顿班底有很多人已明白无误的表示说，他们认为奥巴马的拥趸是一群极其傲慢而且自以为是的家伙。

• he denied it all, and accused senate democrats of carrying out 「a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves.」

  托马斯断然否认指控，并指责参议院的民主党听证是 「对敢于有一点点自我思考的黑人执行的一场高科技私刑」。

• 「in the eyes of the liberal media」, said mr bozell, “herman cain is just another uppity black american who has had the audacity to leave the liberal plantation.

  鲍泽尔先生说：“在自由媒体的眼中，赫尔曼?凯恩只是另一个自负的美国黑人，竟敢离开自由种植园。

• where his uppity energy once inspired the country’s voters, today it seems merely to annoy.

  他那曾经盛气凌人的傲气曾经激励着该国的投票者，如今那看起来令人反感。

• insead, lbs and imd face new threats beyond uppity rivals like the spanish schools and the universities of oxford and cambridge (both late to embrace business, but rich and rising fast).

  伦敦商学院及瑞士格桑国际管理学院面临着新挑战远远不止像西班牙的一些商学院及牛津、剑桥大学的商学院这样来势汹汹的对手。 （牛津与剑桥的商学院虽起步晚，但资金充足且发展很快。）

• but i lost a bet with this dang uppity preacher!

  但是我失去一个与这倒霉的自负的牧师（小疯狗）的赌约。

• as long as you keep her as a casual girlfriend and not a wife, if she gets too uppity you can simply walk away, free and clear.

  只要你始终把她作为一个女朋友而不是妻子。如果她变得傲慢和不可理喻，之完全可以简单的走开。

相似词

consequential间接的；结果的；重要的；随之发生的；自傲的

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