| 词汇 | overweening |
| 释义 | overweening adjective[ before noun ] formaldisapprovinguk /ˌəʊ.vəˈwiː.nɪŋ/ us /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwiː.nɪŋ/ being too proud or confident in yourself: 傲慢的;自负的;过于自信的 overweening pride/arrogance/vanity咄咄逼人的傲气／傲慢／虚荣 She is driven by overweening ambition.她被不可一世的野心所驱使。 Synonyms proud(FEELING IMPORTANT)disapproving uppityinformaldisapproving boastful boastfulHe was confident, not boastful. bumptiousHis critics have depicted him as a bumptious, privately-educated son of privilege. ostentatiousShe is not impressed by his ostentatious displays of wealth. full of yourselfCarolyn liked confident guys, but thought Oscar a bit too brash and full of himself. overweeningHis overweening arrogance is matched only by his incompetence. Showing arrogance and conceit (as) proud as Luciferidiom airs and gracesidiom arrogant arrogantly as if you owned the placeidiom egoistic egoistically egomaniacal egomaniacally egotistic patronizingly pomposity pompous pompously popinjay swollen head swollen-headed talk down to someone think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom throw your weight aroundidiom Related wordoverweeningly Examples of overweeningoverweening Nor can they adequately explain how governability is to be enhanced by the kind of overweening presidential powers that facilitate 'delegative democracy' and often precipitate regime break-down. Maintenance of quality and standards in broadcasting against a background of overweening preoccupation with capital and income profit is extremely difficult to achieve. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are becoming overweening and arrogant, and their supporters are beginning to find it difficult to justify their employment legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By means of this proposal, we have run up the flag of realism and signalled our opposition to overweening bureaucracy. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English What seemed like carelessness in the first few days they were in office has turned into a habit of overweening arrogance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present voting system gives rise to the possibility that small states will be given overweening power; that position is not sustainable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such a power will create an overweening bureaucracy, which will be very costly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we have a choice between competitive markets and overweening regulation, we should realise that consumers are served best by better-working markets. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This might be the exception to the rule with respect to an overweening executive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How, therefore, can one expect them to solve the major problem of the overweening power of government versus the citizen? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nationalism is capable of supporting an overweening personal ambition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is fast becoming an enthusiast for an overweening, centralised and unaccountable exercise of state power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Under article 173 of the treaty, the court of justice has a similar power to control the overweening power of other institutions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has always happened in this country that overweening power has eventually found its check. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are concerns about that court having an overweening amount of power in some of the decisions that it makes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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