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

• 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。
• 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。
• His mother eyed me in silence with a supercilious air ( Tobias Smollett).
  他母亲以一种目空一切的架势一声不响地盯着我（托比阿斯斯摩莱特）
• 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。
• And the air of supercilious elegance which had clung about him in his striking Zouave uniform was completely gone.
  而且，他身着显耀的义勇军制服时那种傲慢的高雅风度现在丧失贻尽啦。
• 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。
• Various shapes are supercilious and straight, dancing with the wind.
  那千姿百态的形，或高傲挺拔，或随风舞动；
• 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。
• At this moment, see that female doctor turned over supercilious look to cry only: Who makes you true pull, should use cotton autograph to go to only li of jab it is OK to go in!
  这时，只看到那位女医生翻了一下白眼大叫：谁让你真拉呀，只要用棉签往里戳进去就可以了！
• 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。