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

• And my friends had advise me don't be so stick to one's old way of doing things and supercilious.
  而我的朋友也曾告诫我，别那么高调和我行我素之类的话。
• 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。
• Results: The intervention group of the rate of infection in uterus, supercilious infection and immunity losted were significantly less than control group ( P< 0.01).
  结果：干预组的新生儿宫内感染率、慢性感染率和免疫失败率均显著低于对照组（P<0.01）；
• He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.
  他说话时的口气轻蔑而傲慢。
• His carriage was bold and somewhat supercilious, his step easy and free, his manner daring and unconstrained.
  他仪表大方，甚至略带傲慢，步履潇酒，神态从容。
• Her eyebrows were arched in supercilious surprise.
  大吃一惊的她高傲地扬起了眉毛。
• Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.
  现在他是三十多岁的人了，身体健壮，头发稻草色，嘴边略带狠相，举止高傲。
• 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。
• The tone of all this is unrelievedly smug and supercilious, and thus makes for very unpleasant reading.
  全文的语调满是自鸣得意和目空一切，这就使人读起来很不舒服。
• 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。