| 词汇 | uppity |
| 释义 | uppity adjective informaldisapprovinguk /ˈʌp.ɪ.ti/ us /ˈʌp.ə.t̬i/ An uppity person behaves in an unpleasant way because they think that they are more important than they really are: 傲慢的，自大的 He got/became very uppity when his fashion designs were criticized.他的时装设计遭到了批评，但他根本就不屑一顾。 Synonyms overweeningformaldisapproving proud(FEELING IMPORTANT)disapproving 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 swaggerer swollen head swollen-headed talk down to someone think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom uppity | American Dictionaryuppity adjective disapprovingus/ˈʌp·ɪ·t̬i/ acting in a way that is too confident for someone in your social class or for your young age: I was just an uppity kid. Examples of uppityuppity I sometimes believe that the imperfections of our constitution are rather an advantage than otherwise, because they prevent us from becoming too uppity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He took a very "uppity" hand by saying we had nothing to suggest. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment some of the representatives are getting a little uppity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They embarked on a similar process of dialogue, and they might need to be reminded about that if they get too uppity on the issue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one has a more gloriously uppity charm; no voice can simultaneously so rasp and thrill; no one ever made standoffishness more come-hitherable. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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