self-important

英 [ˌself ɪmˈpɔːtnt]

美 [ˌself ɪmˈpɔːrtnt]

adj.  自大的; 妄自尊大的; 自负的

牛津词典

adj.

• 自大的；妄自尊大的；自负的
  thinking that you are more important than other people

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 妄自尊大的;高傲的;自负的
  If you say that someone isself-important, you disapprove of them because they behave as if they are more important than they really are.
  1. He was self-important, vain and ignorant.
     他傲慢自负，虚荣无知。
  2. ...self-important officials.
     妄自尊大的官员们

英英释义

adj

• having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride
  1. an arrogant official
  2. arrogant claims
  3. chesty as a peacock
  Synonym:arrogantchesty

双语例句

• It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order.
  那个戴着三角帽、妄自尊大的人是费了许多力气才把秩序维持下去。
• The Government was dominated by self-important eggheads.
  政府被一群自以为是的书呆子控制着。
• He was self-important, vain and ignorant.
  他傲慢自负，虚荣无知。
• Dick is a self-important corporate jackass who misses what is going on around him because he's always in pursuit of an important business deal.
  迪克是一个自大又愚蠢的生意人，他忽视自己周围发生的事情，因为他总是在忙着做一项大生意。
• Yes, you are getting all stuffy and self-important.
  果然，你也变得乏味和高傲了。
• With editors and publishers, now that you're a fancy and apparently self-important writer.
  编辑出版商时就不会迟到。现在你是个出色的自负的作家。
• A vain, self-important, silly, or aggressively stupid person.
  自负的，妄自尊大的，愚蠢的或过分自信的笨蛋。
• Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.
  自大的；自负的；傲慢的。
• He carried himself with the same self-important air, took his new state with easy familiarity, and rejoiced in carrie's proclivities and successes.
  他风度依旧，神气十足，从容不迫地对付新的处境，为嘉莉的癖好和成就感到高兴。
• The law professor's self-important claim that he or she teaches students how to think is in need of some revision, some refinement.
  法学教授的自我重要的声明，说他们教学生如何思考，需要某些修正和完善。