Imperious
[ɪm'pɪərɪəs] or [ɪm'pɪrɪəs]
解释:
(a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.
(a.) Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.
(a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.
录入:卢
同义词及近义词：
a. Dictatorial, magisterial, domineering, tyrannical, despotic, overbearing, lordly, haughty, arrogant.
凯瑟琳编辑
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Arrogant, exacting, dictatorial, authoritative, domineering, haughty, lordly
ANT:Yielding, submissive, compliant, docile, ductile, lenient, gentle, mild
阿加莎手打
解释:
adj. assuming command: haughty: tyrannical: authoritative: (obs.) imperial.—adv. Impē′riously.—n. Impē′riousness.
阿黛尔编辑
娱乐性解释：
From Eng. imp, devil and aerial, airy. Airy as the devil.
录入:文斯
例句:
- He was very imperious, and harsh to the children. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- The king, who was a man of excellent dispositions, but easily led, had now become a willing disciple of his imperious consort. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The manner of both was imperious, and they both moved, as these words were spoken, so as to place me between themselves and the carriage door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- From that hour the way she had chosen lay before her, and she trod it with her own imperious self-willed step. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- The expression of Dobbin's face, as she spoke in this imperious manner, was not pleasant. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- The nervous arm that wielded it, with such a gigantic force on public characters, was paralysed beneath the glance of the imperious Mrs. Pott. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I suppose there is nothing pride can so little bear with as pride itself, and that she was punished for her imperious manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- It was Laurie's father, who had run away in his youth, and married against the imperious old man's will. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- As often will be the case, that good but imperious woman pushed her advantages too far, and her successes quite unmercifully. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Mrs. Bute, that brisk, managing, lively, imperious woman, had committed the most fatal of all errors with regard to her sister-in-law. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- To my very self I seemed imperious and unreasonable, for I forbade Justine Marie my door and roof; he smiledbetraying delight. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- I felt at times as if he were my relation rather than my master: yet he was imperious sometimes still; but I did not mind that; I saw it was his way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- As a consequence it is frequently almost impossible to decipher earthly messages owing to the imperious signals from the clouds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- For every impulse is imperious, and, as _such_, attempts to philosophize. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- So in leisure time, there is an imperious demand for their stimulation by any kind of means; gambling, drink, etc. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- The interval had been short, but he had greatly complained of its length, and had been imperious with Mr Rugg touching the delay. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- It was to this person, such as we have described him, that the Prince addressed his imperious command to make place for Isaac and Rebecca. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In two days he has adopted a slightly imperious air and patronizing manner. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
录入:文斯