overweening如何读

英:[ˌəʊvəˈwi:nɪŋ]

美:[ˌoʊvərˈwinɪŋ]

overweening是什么意思

adj. (形容词)
  1. (过分)自负的
  2. 过分的
  3. 傲慢的
  4. 骄傲的
  5. 过于自信的
  6. 夸大了的
  7. 自以为了不起的
  8. 自负
  9. 傲慢
  10. 不合理的
  11. 过火的

overweening自然拼读

o·ver·ween·ing

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overweening扩展

overweeningly (adv.)

overweening词根

词根:overvalue

adj.

overwrought 过度紧张的;过度兴奋的;过分劳累的;(文体等)过于考究的

overzealous 过分热心的

v.

overwrought 工作过度;把…做过头;使过于激动(overwork的过去式和过去分词)

vt.

overvalue 对…估价过高;过分重视

overweening英英释义

Adjective

1. unrestrained in especially feelings;

"extravagant praise"

"exuberant compliments"

"overweening ambition"

"overweening greed"

2. presumptuously arrogant;

"had a witty but overweening manner"

"no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet

"getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times

overweening词源中文解释

15世纪中期(14世纪中期作为 overweenende,具有更早的结尾),是动词 overwenen 的现在分词形容词,意为“自负或傲慢,过于自信(尤其是对自己); 傲慢自大,过于自信”(14世纪中期),源自 over- + ween,或者源自古英语 oferwenian “自豪,变得傲慢或自负”。中古英语还有 overwēne(n.)“假定,傲慢”(13世纪中期); overwēnere “傲慢或自大的人”。

overweening词源英文解释

Middle English overwening, present participle of overwenen to be arrogant, from over + wenen to ween

The first known use of overweening was in the 14th century

overweening儿童词典英英释义

overwriteverb

to write over the surface of : write on top of

to write too much or in an overly elaborate style

overwritten accounts of everyday events

overworkverb

to work or cause to work too hard or long

overworked the crew

to use too much

overworked phrases

overworkverb

to work or cause to work too hard or long

overworked the crew

to use too much

overworked phrases

overwinterverb

to spend or survive the winter

the butterfly overwinters in Mexico

oxyhemoglobinnoun

a compound of hemoglobin with oxygen that is the chief means of transportation of oxygen from the air (as in the lungs) by way of the blood to the tissues

overwhelmingadjective

great sense 4, extreme

an overwhelming response

overwhelmverb

to cover over completely : submerge

a boat overwhelmed by a wave

to overcome completely : crush

overwhelmed by grief

overweight1 of 2noun

weight above what is required or allowed

excessive or burdensome weight

overweight2 of 2adjective

being more than the expected, normal, or proper weightespecially: having greater than normal bodily weight for one's age, height, and build

overweight1 of 2noun

weight above what is required or allowed

excessive or burdensome weight

overweight2 of 2adjective

being more than the expected, normal, or proper weightespecially: having greater than normal bodily weight for one's age, height, and build

overweeningadjective

arrogant, conceited

immoderate, exaggerated

overweening pride

overweening 例句

1 In our foreign trade some people are arrogant and overweening, and this is wrong.

在对外贸易方面,有些人骄傲,妄自尊大, 这是不对的.

2 After all, there was a moment there when I was willing to let Mr. Important and his overweening confidence bowl over my more shaky certainty.

3 In Mr. Atkins’s hands Mr. Kelly is a bit of a sap, done in by the overweening ambitions of his wife.

4 In contrast to Tyndale, James did not believe in the monarchy as an alternative source of power to an overweening church; his slogan was "No bishops, no king".

5 "Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.

“你表面谦虚,骨子里目中无人。”她说道。

6 But at this juncture such faults seem preferable to overweening, overproduced machismo.

7 Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of, at times, overweening self-confidence.

在她一生中,她常常靠摆出泰然自若的样子,来掩饰内心的犹豫不定。

8 Her attitude to such men is complex – is their authority truly supernatural or is it merely derived from their overweening personalities?

9 The overweening enemy will soon learn this to his cost.

关于这一点,傲视一切敌人不久就要得到惨痛的教训。

10 And it is the love of the impertinent and the overweening.

这是无礼的粗鲁的人的爱意.

11 Yet to a scrappy island nation that was spoiling to stick it to the overweening Spanish Empire, a dose of “yah-boo-sucks” went a long way.

12 The older two, in their 40s, understand the limitations of his overweening narcissism but can't quite break free and succeed on their own terms.

13 This rich, complex tragedy of life in the northern desert of Mali under jihadist occupation never feels didactic or driven by overweening ideology.

14 The single-actor format and clever use of camerawork give visual expression to the novel’s themes of overweening egotism and existential dread.

15 But it was Wallace who once bemoaned that the overweening purpose of his writing students’ work was to demonstrate how “clever” they were.

16 After 90: heaven and on earth, overweening!

90后: 天上地下, 唯我独尊!

17 Former president Donald Trump, she says, “has this bullying, macho, overweening personality, and he wants to dominate everybody in his path at all times.”

18 Others may fall around us like leaves, or be mowed down by the scythe of Time like grass: these are but metaphors to the unreflecting, buoyant ears and overweening presumption of youth.

有些人会是我们身边的落叶或是像被时间的镰刀铲除的杂草。这些不仅仅是比喻,而是对那些肤浅,大脑空洞,自负的年轻人的预告。

19 Yet in order to become a high-income country, it needs innovation and efficiency, which are inconsistent with an overweening government.

20 Like his father, a high cleric, 8-Deer was trained for the priesthood, but political events and his own overweening ambition stopped him from following that path.

overweening 同义词

3 自以为了不起的

flake stuck-up

6 骄衿

pomposity

9 过于自信

cocksure be sure of yourself

17 过于自信的

cocksure overconfident

19 过分自信的

vaulting overconfident

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