Imperious
[ɪm'pɪərɪəs] or [ɪm'pɪrɪəs]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.
(a.) Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.
(a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.
錄入:卢
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Dictatorial, magisterial, domineering, tyrannical, despotic, overbearing, lordly, haughty, arrogant.
凯瑟琳編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Arrogant, exacting, dictatorial, authoritative, domineering, haughty, lordly
ANT:Yielding, submissive, compliant, docile, ductile, lenient, gentle, mild
阿加莎手打
解釋/意思:
adj. assuming command: haughty: tyrannical: authoritative: (obs.) imperial.—adv. Impē′riously.—n. Impē′riousness.
阿黛尔編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
From Eng. imp, devil and aerial, airy. Airy as the devil.
錄入:文斯
例句/造句/用法:
- He was very imperious, and harsh to the children. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- The king, who was a man of excellent dispositions, but easily led, had now become a willing disciple of his imperious consort. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- From that hour the way she had chosen lay before her, and she trod it with her own imperious self-willed step. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The expression of Dobbin's face, as she spoke in this imperious manner, was not pleasant. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The nervous arm that wielded it, with such a gigantic force on public characters, was paralysed beneath the glance of the imperious Mrs. Pott. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I suppose there is nothing pride can so little bear with as pride itself, and that she was punished for her imperious manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- 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·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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·薩克雷. 名利場.
- 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. 維萊特.
- 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. 簡·愛.
- As a consequence it is frequently almost impossible to decipher earthly messages owing to the imperious signals from the clouds. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- For every impulse is imperious, and, as _such_, attempts to philosophize. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- So in leisure time, there is an imperious demand for their stimulation by any kind of means; gambling, drink, etc. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The interval had been short, but he had greatly complained of its length, and had been imperious with Mr Rugg touching the delay. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- 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. 沃爾特·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·薩克雷. 名利場.
錄入:文斯