supercilious

英 [ˌsuːpəˈsɪliəs]

美 [ˌsuːpərˈsɪliəs]

adj.  傲慢的; 高傲的

GRE

BNC.23595 / COCA.32081

牛津词典

adj.

• 傲慢的；高傲的
  behaving towards other people as if you think you are better than they are

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自高自大的;目空一切的;傲慢的
  If you say that someone issupercilious, you disapprove of them because they behave in a way that shows they think they are better than other people.
  1. His manner is supercilious and arrogant...
     他非常傲慢自大。
  2. Her eyebrows were arched in supercilious surprise.
     大吃一惊的她高傲地扬起了眉毛。

双语例句

• Various shapes are supercilious and straight, dancing with the wind.
  那千姿百态的形，或高傲挺拔，或随风舞动；
• In2, the boss looking down from the people: This is a kind of superior performance, domineering, supercilious conceited.
  上司从上往下看人：这是一种优越感的表现，好支配人、高傲自负。
• She retained her slightly hurt and supercilious air.
  她仍保持她那副略受伤害和傲慢的样子。
• Her eyebrows were arched in supercilious surprise.
  大吃一惊的她高傲地扬起了眉毛。
• His manner was often offensively supercilious, and then again modest and self-effacing, almost tremulous.
  他的态度常常起初是敌对地傲慢的，跟着又谦逊、自卑而几乎畏缩下来。
• Passing down the aisle came a very fair-haired banker's son, also of chicago, who had long eyed this supercilious beauty.
  沿着走道，走过来一个金发的银行家之子。他也是芝加哥人，他对这个傲慢的美人已经注意很久了。
• 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。
• 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）
• New York must be filled with such bowers, or the beautiful, insolent, supercilious creatures could not be.
  纽约一定到处都有这样的闺房，否则哪来那么些美丽、傲慢、目空一切的佳人。
• He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.
  他说话时的口气轻蔑而傲慢。