supercilious

英 [ˌsuːpəˈsɪliəs]

美 [ˌsuːpərˈsɪliəs]

adj.  傲慢的; 高傲的

GRE

BNC.23595 / COCA.32081

牛津词典

adj.

• 傲慢的；高傲的
  behaving towards other people as if you think you are better than they are

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自高自大的;目空一切的;傲慢的
  If you say that someone issupercilious, you disapprove of them because they behave in a way that shows they think they are better than other people.
  1. His manner is supercilious and arrogant...
     他非常傲慢自大。
  2. Her eyebrows were arched in supercilious surprise.
     大吃一惊的她高傲地扬起了眉毛。

双语例句

• At this moment, see that female doctor turned over supercilious look to cry only: Who makes you true pull, should use cotton autograph to go to only li of jab it is OK to go in!
  这时，只看到那位女医生翻了一下白眼大叫：谁让你真拉呀，只要用棉签往里戳进去就可以了！
• Oh, the mansions, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! New York must be filled with such bowers, or the beautiful, insolent, supercilious creatures could not be.
  啊，那些高楼大厦，华灯，香水，藏金收银的闺房还有摆满山珍海味的餐桌！纽约一定到处都有这样的闺房，否则哪来那么些美丽，傲慢，目空一切的佳人。
• She retained her slightly hurt and supercilious air.
  她仍保持她那副略受伤害和傲慢的样子。
• Various shapes are supercilious and straight, dancing with the wind.
  那千姿百态的形，或高傲挺拔，或随风舞动；
• Such disparity in national fortunes can, and often does, create envy and resentment, especially if the former is perceived as being unhelpful or supercilious in its treatment of the other.
  两国之间的发展差距，往往会导致妒忌和怨恨的心理，尤其是当前者被视为高傲自大和不愿意帮助后者。
• Teachers sometimes show cruelty by being supercilious and sarcastic.
  有时候教师因对学生盛气凌人挖苦讽刺而显得残酷无情。
• And my friends had advise me don't be so stick to one's old way of doing things and supercilious.
  而我的朋友也曾告诫我，别那么高调和我行我素之类的话。
• Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.
  现在他是三十多岁的人了，身体健壮，头发稻草色，嘴边略带狠相，举止高傲。
• Passing down the aisle came a very fair-haired banker's son, also of chicago, who had long eyed this supercilious beauty.
  沿着走道，走过来一个金发的银行家之子。他也是芝加哥人，他对这个傲慢的美人已经注意很久了。
• In2, the boss looking down from the people: This is a kind of superior performance, domineering, supercilious conceited.
  上司从上往下看人：这是一种优越感的表现，好支配人、高傲自负。