overweening

美 [ˌoʊvərˈwiːnɪŋ]英 [ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ]
  • adj.自负的;傲慢的;过于自信的
overweeningoverweening

adj.

only before noun傲慢的;自负的;过于自信的
showing too much confidence or pride

arrogant

overweening

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    ADJ (雄心、骄傲等)过度的,过分的
    If you want to emphasize your disapproval of someone's great ambition or pride, you can refer to their overweening ambition or pride.

    'Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit,' she said.

    “你表面谦虚,骨子里目中无人。”她说道。

adj

1
presumptuously arrogant
had a witty but overweening manner
no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Bene
getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Time
Synonym: uppity
2
unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings
extravagant praise
exuberant compliments
overweening ambition
overweening greed
Synonym: excessive extravagant exuberant

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  1. An overweening public sector has stifled growth in jobs in service industries .

    自负的公共部门已经妨碍了服务业岗位的增长。

  2. No : England had no need of an national stadium , just a huge , overweening desire for one .

    不:英格兰队不需要一个专门的国家队比赛场,只是某些骄傲自负的虚荣心需要它。

  3. ' Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit , ' she said .

    “你表面谦虚,骨子里目中无人。”她说道。

  4. Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of , at times , overweening selfconfidence .

    在她一生中,她常常靠摆出泰然自若的样子,来掩饰内心的犹豫不定。

  5. Overweening Chinese state power also might be chasing many foreign businesses and some developing countries toward more congenial investment and trade partners .

    唯我独尊的中国国家权力有可能造成很多外国企业和一些发展中国家寻求其他更加宜人的投资和贸易伙伴。

  6. This was merely the outcome of her overweening pride .

    这不过是她过于骄傲的结果。

  7. by which I mean a demonstrative , overweening pride in being so very right ,

    就是一种由于无比的正确而带有喜怒形于色的,过分自负的骄傲

  8. We need to ensure that executive and non-executive board members understand the financial system better and so can challenge an overweening CEO .

    我们需要确保执行及非执行董事更好地理解金融体系,这样才能够挑战狂妄自大的首席执行官。

  9. I do not propose to let an overweening , crass lieutenant .

    我不建议让一个自大愚蠢的中尉。

  10. Extravagant praise ; exuberant compliments ; overweening ambition ; overweening greed .

    过度的赞扬;过度的恭维;过度的野心;过度的贪欲。

  11. Ultimately their greed and overweening ambition proved their undoing , and contributed materially to the financial crisis and government bail-outs .

    最终,他们的贪婪和不合实际的野心导致了自身的覆灭,并对金融危机起到了巨大的推波助澜作用,迫使政府出手救市。

  12. The proud and arrogant man - " Mocker " is his name ; he behaves with overweening pride .

    心骄气傲的人,名叫亵慢,他行事狂妄,都出于骄傲。

  13. Unlike George W Bush , his overweening predecessor , President Obama has held out an olive branch to all of America 's mortal enemies .

    奥巴马就任美国总统之后,一改其前任布殊总统的嚣横取态,向美国的对头都伸出橄榄枝。

  14. Ahn Chul-soo is a49-year-old entrepreneur and academic , founder of a notable software firm in a country dominated by overweening conglomerates .

    安兆苏是一位49岁的企业家和学者,他在这个傲慢的大集团充斥的国家创办了一家知名的软件公司。

  15. It had also brought up an overweening cultural personality , and its cultural rays of light had bathed the tour minds and words and deeds of intellectual in late Ming Dynasty .

    晚明市民文化造就了一种具有时代特点的惟我独尊、狂傲无比的文化人格,其所折射出来的文化光芒,沐浴着晚明文人士子的旅游心理和言行。

  16. We have heard of moab 's pride-her overweening pride and conceit , her pride and arrogance and the haughtiness of her heart .

    我们听说摩押人骄傲,是极其骄傲;听说他自高自傲,并且狂妄,居心自大。

  17. It comes from the negative influence of official standard values , overweening political culture and legal culture tradition of courtesy-ruling , departmentalism on the dependence of connection , ideology tradition of constrain the individual freedom .

    包括:礼治而非法治的法律文化传统、独尊的政治文化传统、人的依赖关系状态下的本位主义、选拔社会下的官本位价值观;

  18. The greatest sin of bankers is not so much the greed they showed in pay packets and bonuses , as hubris overweening arrogance , self-confidence and mental brutality towards those who may see life and business models differently from them .

    银行家最大的罪责不是对薪资和奖金表现出的贪婪,而是狂妄对那些对于生活和商业模式的看法可能与他们有所不同的人,所表现出的傲慢自大、自信以及精神上的施虐。