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

• Oh, the mansions, the lights, the perfume, the loaded boudoirs and tables! New York must be filled with such bowers, or the beautiful, insolent, supercilious creatures could not be.
  啊，那些高楼大厦，华灯，香水，藏金收银的闺房还有摆满山珍海味的餐桌！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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Her eyebrows were arched in supercilious surprise.
  大吃一惊的她高傲地扬起了眉毛。
• His manner is supercilious and arrogant
  他非常傲慢自大。
• 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。
• He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.
  他说话时的口气轻蔑而傲慢。