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

• Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.
  自大的；自负的；傲慢的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Getting all stuffy and self-important?
  那里的人乏味又高傲？
• Lots of important and self-important people will journey to Davos in Switzerland this week to take part in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
  上周，许多重要的和自视重要的人物前往瑞士达沃斯，参加世界经济论坛（WorldEconomicForum）年会。
• I like to satirise the people who are pretentious and self-important, who think they're on a higher level than everyone else.
  我喜欢以那些自命不凡、妄自尊大的人群作为题材，还有那些自认为比其他人高一等的人。
• He was sometimes loud and self-important and claimed to be able to do anything.
  有时候，他有些招摇，妄自尊大，声称自己无所不能。
• The Government was dominated by self-important eggheads.
  政府被一群自以为是的书呆子控制着。
• Often the self-important person gets away with it and for this, the service providers must also take the blame.
  多数情况下，妄自尊大的人总能获得成功&而提供服务的人也必须为此承担责任。
• They are patronized, ridiculed and shoved around by self-important staff members.
  他们受到那些自命不凡的职员们的赏脸、奚落，被推来搡去。