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English translation for "overweening"

 
adj.
自以为了不起的,自负的;傲慢的;夸大了的。
adv.
-ly
Example Sentences:
1.Madge wildfire, who, among other indications of insanity, had a most overweening opinion of those charms .
玛吉虽说疯疯颠颠,却还特别爱个俊俏。
2.Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of, at times, overweening self-confidence .
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。
3.Of wild and overweening temper, she could not bear the humiliation of her husband's soft, half-appealing kindness to everyone .
她生性难以驾驭,高傲自负,无法忍受丈夫对人人都温文尔雅,假仁假意。
4.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。
5." alas , " replied the weeping girl , " i am obliged to own that my mother - in - law s aversion to me arises from a very natural source - her overweening love for her own child , my brother edward .
“唉! ”瓦朗蒂娜说道, “我不得不承认,我后母厌恶我,起因是非常自然的,因为他太爱她自己的孩子了,就是我的弟弟爱德华。 ”
6.For the enlightenment of those who are not so intimately acquainted with the minutiae of the municipal abattoir as this morbidminded esthete and embryo philosopher who for all his overweening bumptiousness in things scientific can scarcely distinguish an acid from an alkali prides himself on being , it should perhaps be stated that staggering bob in the vile parlance of our lower class licensed victuallers signifies the cookable and eatable flesh of a calf newly dropped from its mother
这位有着病态精神的审美学兼胚胎哲学家,尽管连酸与碱都分不清,在科学知识上却摆出一副傲慢自负的架子。为了启发那些对市立屠宰场的细节没他那么熟悉的人们,也许应该在此说明一下:我们那些拥有卖酒执照的低级饮食店的俚语小牛崽肉,指的就是打着趔趄的牛崽子280那可供烹调食用的肉。
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