高傲的,傲慢的;

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在身势语中翘鼻子(cock one's nose)表示轻蔑,竖眉毛(raise/lift one's eyebrows)也表示轻蔑。supercilious一词源自原义为“眉毛”的拉丁语supercilium(super‘above’十cilium‘eyelid’)。由于竖眉毛所带有的含义,supercilium的词义就引申为“傲慢”。这样,supercilious用以表示“傲慢的”、“轻蔑的”、“目中无人的”或“目空一切的”就不难理解了。
Parkman occasionally allows a supercilious tone to creep into his writings.
帕克曼间或在文章里流露出高傲的态度.
来源:词典精选例句Parkman occasionally allows a supercilious tone to creep into his writing.
帕克曼间或在文章里流露了高傲的态度.
来源:词典精选例句One does not mind them on into the two extremes: to the inferiority or supercilious.
他们一不心就走入两个极端: 目空一切或者内向自卑.
来源:网络文摘精选The response is to assume a supercilious pose to hide a lack of confidence.
其反应是故意采取傲慢的姿态来掩饰自身缺乏自信.
来源:网络文摘精选The shop assistant was very supercilious towards me when I asked for some help.
我要买东西招呼售货员时,那个售货员对我不屑一顾.
来源:《简明英汉词典》Yet there was nothing sarcastic or supercilious in the way Ames spoke.
可是艾姆斯说话的口气没有丝毫的嘲讽或傲慢的味道.
来源:英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹He thought he was cleverer than any other person here. And he was supercilious.
他认为在这个小镇里,他比所有的人都聪明, 所以他显得非常傲慢.
来源:网络文摘精选His mother eyed me in silence with a supercilious air ( Tobias Smollett ).
他母亲以一种目空一切的架势一声不响地盯着我 ( 托比阿斯斯摩莱特 )
来源:网络文摘精选The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do.
他狂妄自大地认为,我在星期天下午似乎没有什么更有意思的事情可做.
来源:英汉文学 - 盖茨比This supercilious attitude relegates me to the level of the commonplace.
这种目空一切的心态把我归入大路货的档次.
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