| 词汇 | supercilious |
| 释义 | supercilious adjective disapprovinguk /ˌsuː.pəˈsɪl.i.əs/ us /ˌsuː.pɚˈsɪl.i.əs/ behaving as if you are better than other people, and that their opinions, beliefs, or ideas are not important: 傲慢自大的，目中无人的，目空一切的 He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.他说话时语气傲慢，目中无人。 Synonyms haughtydisapproving imperious sneeringdisapproving snide sniffyinformal acting as if you are more important than other people arrogantI can't stand how arrogant he is! proudDon't be too proud to admit you're wrong. pompousWhat a pompous jerk! self-importantThe room was filled with self-important politicians. superiorHer superior and smug manner made conversation unbearable. Showing arrogance and conceit (as) proud as Luciferidiom airs and gracesidiom arrogant arrogantly as if you owned the placeidiom egoistic egoistically egomaniacal egomaniacally egotistic patronizing patronizingly pomposity pompous pompously swollen head swollen-headed talk down to someone think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom throw your weight aroundidiom Related wordssuperciliously superciliousness Examples of supercilioussupercilious Or perhaps that is not the way the slightly supercilious young assistant sees me. He knew very well that he was entangling her in helpless humiliation: it was another way of smiling at her ironically, and taking the air of a supercilious mentor. It is the very hostile and supercilious attitude adopted towards local authorities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be to display a supercilious, indeed arrogant, attitude and would therefore be a great mistake simply to ignore this. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I would say to everyone within hearing of my voice: we should not be so bombastic or so supercilious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They know that the tone of their remarks was supercilious, sarcastic and quite unnecessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that that was a rather supercilious remark but, having said that, he went on to talk about the enforcement of fines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is endeavouring to make them and to be supercilious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Supercilious references have been made to the motor ear, but the motor car is a crucial factor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then we find supercilious people, who have always had assured incomes, talking about deterioration. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may be a supercilious fellow, but it did him and his party no credit when he poked fun at such a serious subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is too important a matter on which to be supercilious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Too many of its officials often give the appearance of being supercilious and bored. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After they had argued and talked, the clerk who was doing the business said in a supercilious tone that he would reconsider it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That type of supercilious speech ends in electoral defeat. 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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