overweening

英 [ˌəʊvəˈwiːnɪŋ]

美 [ˌoʊvərˈwiːnɪŋ]

adj.  傲慢的; 自负的; 过于自信的

现在分词：overweening　

GRE

BNC.41562 / COCA.37910

牛津词典

adj.

• 傲慢的；自负的；过于自信的
  showing too much confidence or pride

柯林斯词典

• 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 theiroverweeningambition or pride.
  1. '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。

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After the Yuan Dynasty, to the Mongol ruler Kublai Khan led to the veneration of Tibetan Buddhism are added to make it a special status in the overweening.
  之后的元代，以元世祖忽必烈为首的蒙古统治者对藏传佛教的崇奉有加，使之处于了唯我独尊的特殊地位。
• 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。
• The most partisan politicians, upon winning, must govern in the name of all, using the powers of overweening government they have secured, so to hell with all politicians.
  一旦赢得大选，党派政客们大多须以全体的名义进行统治，把他们所维护的过分夸大的政府权力运用起来，所以就让政客们统统见鬼去吧。
• 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。
• 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。
• '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。
• 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。