self-styled

英 [ˌself ˈstaɪld]

美 [ˌself ˈstaɪld]

adj.  自封的; 自诩的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 自封的；自诩的
  using a name or title that you have given yourself, especially when you do not have the right to do it

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 自诩的;自封的
  If you describe someone as aself-styledleader or expert, you disapprove of them because they claim to be a leader or expert but they do not actually have the right to call themselves this.
  1. Two of those arrested are said to be self-styled area commanders...
     据说在那些被捕的人员中有两人自称是地区指挥官。
  2. He fiercely criticised self-styled educational experts for ignoring Shakespeare.
     他强烈批评那些无视莎士比亚的自诩为教育专家的人。

英英释义

adj

• as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
  1. the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind
  Synonym:soi-disant

双语例句

• President George W.   Bush, the self-styled decider, placed a bust of Churchill in the Oval Office.
  自我标榜为决策者的小布什（GeorgeW.Bush）在白宫椭圆办公室里放了一尊丘吉尔的半身像。
• He is a self-styled master and pirate captain of the high seas.
  他是一个很有个性的公海首领和海盗船长。
• The Sunday Express, the self-styled "World's Greatest Newspaper", has declared Jose Mourinho a serious candidate for the Liverpool job.
  太阳报，自称是“世界上最伟大的报纸”，宣称琼斯·穆里尼奥是执教利物浦的最佳候选人。
• Scores of independent video producers, experts and self-styled experts are, meanwhile, vying to make a name for themselves in hopes of sharing in the expected profits.
  几十位独立的影片制作人、专家和自封的专家，努力为自己打知名度，希望在被看好的利益中分一杯羹。
• Asia has no shortage of brainpower, or of self-styled think-tanks.
  亚洲不缺脑力人才或自封的智库。
• That, however, does not prevent it from crossing swords with the National Development and Reform Commission, the self-styled "macroeconomic management agency" under the State Council.
  不过，这并未使其免于与中国国家发改委交锋，发改委自称是中国国务院下属的“宏观经济管理机构”。
• The facilitator does well to stop "well short" of supplying any advice or definitions of what is evolving, as the participants move the notes into self-styled rows and columns of organization.
  当参与者将便签以具有内在方式的行和列组织起来的时候，辅导者很少提供任何有关逐步在形成什么东西的意见或定义，这点做得很好。
• The self-styled leader of the sect, Mr Baker
  自封为这一宗派领袖的贝克先生
• Meanwhile, Mercedes-Benz, which dates its history to the 19th century, finds its self-styled "the best or nothing" brand under assault from up-and-coming Audi.
  与此同时，历史可追溯至19世纪的梅赛德斯-奔驰（Mercedes-Benz）在来势汹汹的奥迪面前，只好自封为“要做就做最好”的品牌。
• An official report into former defence secretary Liam Fox's links with his self-styled adviser Adam Werritty is expected to find that he breached the Ministerial Code of Conduct.
  一项关于前国防大臣利亚姆·福克斯的官方报告显示，与私人顾问亚当·威瑞特的联系有可能违反了大臣守则。