英:[ˌəʊvəˈbeərɪŋ]
美:[ˌoʊvərˈberɪŋ]
英:[ˌəʊvəˈbeərɪŋ]
美:[ˌoʊvərˈberɪŋ]
o·ver·bear·ing
o vr beI rIng
overbearingly (adv.), overbearingness (n.)
词根:overage
adj.overall 全部的;全体的;一切在内的
overage 超龄的;过老的
overanxious 过于焦急的;过度操心的
adv.overall 全部地;总的说来
n.overall 工装裤;罩衫
overage 过于老化;商品过剩;人工时效过度
overactivity 过于活泼,过度活跃;过度活性
vi.overbear 结实过多
vt.overbear 压服;克服
"the timid child of authoritarian parents"
"insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
"haughty aristocrats"
"his lordly manners were offensive"
"walked with a prideful swagger"
"very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
"a more swaggering mood than usual"
"傲慢的,独裁的",1732年,是现代意义上的 overbear(动词)的比喻现在分词形容词,意为“用武力镇压,压倒”。早期这个词是用于字面意义(1670年代),但这似乎已经过时了。在中古英语中,它是一个动名词,意为“转移或运输的行为”(15世纪初)。
The first known use of overbearing was in 1614
overchargeverb
to charge too much
to fill or load too full
a cannon overcharged with powder
overchargeverb
to charge too much
to fill or load too full
a cannon overcharged with powder
overcast1 of 3verb
ˌō-vər-ˈkast,ˈō-vər-ˌkastdarken sense 1, overshadow
ˈō-vər-ˌkastto sew with stitches that prevent the material at the edge of a seam from coming apart
overcast2 of 3adjective
clouded over : gloomy
an overcast night
overcast3 of 3noun
coveringespecially: a covering of clouds over the sky
overcomeverb
to gain an advantage or victory over
overcome an enemy
to make helpless or exhausted
was overcome by gas
overbearverb
to bring down by a stronger weight or force : overpower
to exceed in importance or forcefulness : outweigh
overbearverb
to bring down by a stronger weight or force : overpower
to exceed in importance or forcefulness : outweigh
overboardadverb
over the side of a ship into the water
to extremes of enthusiasm
go overboard for a new fad
overbitenoun
the projection of the upper front teeth over the lower front teeth when the biting surfaces of the teeth in the upper and lower jaws are in contact
overbidverb
to bid too high
overbearingadjective
arrogant, domineering
1 an overbearing manner
专断的作风
2 “I really appreciate someone who can take control, but not necessarily in an overbearing way — someone who has the next question ready,” Amanda said.
3 I’m the child of an overbearing, conservative father who was surprisingly free of bigotry of any kind.
4 Hi, Carolyn: My overbearing sister-in-law just moved her son’s birthday party to a week later.
5 The aging actress was very high-strung and overbearing.
这位上了年纪的女演员非常紧张,而且骄傲自大。
6 Mr. Royston knows how to put a hard bounce beneath any groove without sounding overbearing, and from the first moments here, on “The Music of Glen Deven Ranch,” his presence is crucial.
7 The hardest character to swallow is Pam, played as an overbearing screecher by Keene, who could effectively dial it down several notches.
8 The Headless Horseman nearly goes toe-to-toe with his overbearing protégé, Henry, only to be sizzled vampire-style by the sunlight.
9 The music trade organisation UK Music today condemned the government for its failure to liberate small live venues from what it claims are overbearing licensing laws.
10 The sentimentality never gets overpowering, thanks to a cast that includes Toby Jones as an overextended banker and Shabana Azmi as an overbearing Pakistani matriarch.
11 She has little experience in the music business, but midway through her first season Ms. DeGeneres has all but hijacked the show, playing second fiddle to no one, not even the overbearing Mr. Cowell.
12 Mrs. Adams, the wife of President John Quincy Adams, first had to deal with an overbearing mother-in-law in Abigail Adams, herself a former first lady.
13 We hire our staff carefully and spend several months training them, and our philosophy is that we will do anything for our guests, without being overbearing.
14 Yet in “Machinal,” which opened on Thursday night at the American Airlines Theater in its first Broadway revival, Ms. Hall must struggle to hold her own against an overbearing co-star.
15 Pride and inferiority are extreme psychological, conceited in some achievements after pleased with oneself, even be overbearing supercilious.
骄傲和自卑是极端的心理,在取得一些成就后满意自己的自负,甚至是专横傲慢的。
16 “If overbearing publicity and overdressed guards do not a good building make, neither do they a good building deny,” he wrote.
17 How can Jane, a proud woman herself, endure the overbearing ways of her husband?
珍妮自己是个自傲的女人,怎么能忍受她丈夫嚣张的作风?
18 The story of an overbearing football dad, however, feels derivative, and Lilette’s mom also does not quite work in the first half of the season.
19 But overbearing security and a building sense of pressure did not seem to ruffle the mood.
20 He had to deal with his overbearing mother.
1 盛气凌人
2 厉害
bad sound strong perfect heavy powerful smart holy severe terrible dear violent keen awful acute desperate sore nasty bitter rude sweeping crying fearful frantic uncanny murderous egregious unholy acrimonious slashing parlous snell perishing squally acerb best blind heavily badly terribly sharply sorely bitterly smartly soundly smartish severity
3 跋扈的
4 架子十足
6 压倒
overwhelming staggering crushing overpowering knock-down preponderant prevail overcharge preponderate overcrow lead break press overcome crush override overlay overtake overpower stoop oppress overrule overbalance overbear whelm overmatch overweigh overmaster knockdown under crumple finish strike convince bow sweep overwhelm drown swamp devastate clobber steamroller banjax hit for six
7 自大
huffish supermanish big arrogant cocky swanky snooty supercilious jumped-up side importance crack pride bounce vanity self-esteem brag presumption arrogance vapour conceit self-love cockiness pomposity self-conceit izzat bull ruffle swell big headed big head
8 傲慢的
huffish high big grand proud superior imperial assuming cavalier arrogant bloated defiant pompous perky haughty dictatorial upstage imperious insolent snooty disdainful bratty high-stepping lordly snippy huffy stuck-up supercilious cavalierly overweening assumptive stiff-backed hoity-toity bumptious sniffy uppish orgulous biggety misproud brash magisterial uppity bigheaded lofty snotty immodest fastuous surquedous topping sublime potty consequential masterful breezy self-sufficient presumptuous patronizing boastful high-minded scornful impertinent presuming lippy stiff-necked standoffish vapouring snuffy snifty highty-tighty dicty sidy toplofty proud hearted cock-a-hoop self-asserting wise stiff elevated dismissive feisty surly blasphemous bitchy seagoing domineering contumelious bardy high-hat high-blown bounceable porky
9 极其重要的
10 支配
presidential ruling dominant regnant dominative control hand government rule grip reign governance grasp presidency regiment regimen dominance dominion domination gripe raj innervation dictate manage guide direct ride command bind boss swing possess dominate administer govern sway wield rein predominate administrate bestride master governing ascendant hold authority danger possession clutch mastery lordship mastership over own run influence seize temper disburse overrule overarch overstride take the reins take the wheel have a hold on hold sway
11 气势凌人的
13 傲慢
huffish high big grand proud superior imperial assuming cavalier arrogant bloated defiant pompous perky haughty dictatorial upstage imperious insolent snooty disdainful bratty high-stepping lordly snippy huffy stuck-up supercilious cavalierly overweening assumptive stiff-backed hoity-toity bumptious sniffy uppish orgulous biggety misproud proudly haughtily insolently perkily bumptiously side pride assumption insolence hauteur snootiness bumptiousness superbity hold head high brash magisterial uppity bigheaded contumely lofty snotty immodest attitude superiority arrogance hubris fastuous surquedous topping sublime potty consequential masterful breezy self-sufficient presumptuous patronizing boastful high-minded scornful impertinent presuming lippy stiff-necked standoffish vapouring snuffy snifty highty-tighty dicty sidy toplofty swaggeringly surquedry surquidry pursiness puppy presumption morgue hardiness mickey irreverence pomposity impertinence hardihood sweeny swagger de proud hearted cock-a-hoop self-asserting wise stiff elevated dismissive feisty surly blasphemous bitchy seagoing domineering contumelious bardy high-hat high-blown bounceable bigly blow importance porky braggadocio tympany snash insult huff overween perk it crow head off
15 盛气凌人的
imperial haughty magisterial imperious peremptory domineering
17 专横
arbitrary masterful tyrannical autocratic dictatorial despotic magisterial domineering peremptory czarist tyrannous masterfully peremptorily dictatorially arbitrariness bossy presumptuous imperious tyranny dominating high-handed high-handedly high-handedness bossiness masterfulness undemocratic overpowering imperative despot presuming arbitrarily presumption heavy-handed slavish Neronian insolence jackboot with a high hand