Supercilious
[suːpə'sɪlɪəs;sjuː-] or [,supɚ'sɪlɪəs]
解释:
(adj.) expressive of contempt; 'curled his lip in a supercilious smile'; 'spoke in a sneering jeering manner'; 'makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one' .
黛布拉整理--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing; arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air; supercilious behavior.
卡尔文校对
同义词及近义词：
a. Haughty, disdainful, contemptuous, overbearing, domineering, dictatorial, arrogant, proud, high, lofty, overweening, consequential, lordly, intolerant.
手打:梅尔瓦
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Haughty, contemptuous, disdainful, arrogant, i_solent
ANT:Affable, courteous, respectful, modest, bashful
埃尔伯特编辑
解释:
adj. lofty with pride: disdainful: dictatorial: overbearing.—adj. Supercil′iary above the eyebrow.—adv. Supercil′iously.—n. Supercil′iousness.
手打:瓦内萨
例句:
- A distant supercilious air makes a cold atmosphere about her, and there is nothing in her bearing, as there was before, to encourage openness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- With a most supercilious kind of glance, Hum, drawled out Murray, you've not the slightest chance. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Ah,' said the red-haired man, surveying Mr. Weller from head to foot with a supercilious look. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I can be very cool and very supercilious with Henry, he said. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- George's valet was looking on in a very supercilious manner at Mr. Clapp in his shirt-sleeves, watering his rose-bushes. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- You are the real devil who won't let life exiSt.' She looked at him with a long, slow look, malevolent, supercilious. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- For, though elated by his rank, it did not render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attention to everybody. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
手打:瓦内萨