| 词汇 | airs-and-graces |
| 释义 | airs and gracesidiom false ways of behaving that are intended to make other people feel that you are important and belong to a high social class: 装腔作势，摆架子;矫揉造作 put on airs and gracesHe was always putting on airs and graces.他总是装腔作势，故作姿态。 She's got no reason to give herself airs and graces.她没有理由摆架子。 Showing arrogance and conceit (as) proud as Luciferidiom arrogant arrogantly as if you owned the placeidiom be too clever by halfidiom egoistically egomaniacal egomaniacally egotistic egotistically patronizingly pomposity pompous pompously popinjay swollen head swollen-headed talk down to someone think the (whole) world revolves around youidiom throw your weight aroundidiom Examples of airs and gracesairs and graces It does not put on airsandgraces. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They tell us, and tell us pretty straight, and if we try to put on any airsandgraces we quickly have to come off our perches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was easy for him, who came from the comfort of some plush office, with his airsandgraces, and had no understanding whatsoever of reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There she acquired airsandgraces and an aristocratic style. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term is used to suggest someone who has a few airsandgraces and enjoys the ex-patriate life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He has no airsandgraces. 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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