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

• In2, the boss looking down from the people: This is a kind of superior performance, domineering, supercilious conceited.
  上司从上往下看人：这是一种优越感的表现，好支配人、高傲自负。
• Teachers sometimes show cruelty by being supercilious and sarcastic.
  有时候教师因对学生盛气凌人挖苦讽刺而显得残酷无情。
• 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；
• 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）
• Results: The intervention group of the rate of infection in uterus, supercilious infection and immunity losted were significantly less than control group ( P< 0.01).
  结果：干预组的新生儿宫内感染率、慢性感染率和免疫失败率均显著低于对照组（P<0.01）；
• His manner was often offensively supercilious, and then again modest and self-effacing, almost tremulous.
  他的态度常常起初是敌对地傲慢的，跟着又谦逊、自卑而几乎畏缩下来。
• 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。
• He spoke in a haughty, supercilious voice.
  他说话时的口气轻蔑而傲慢。
• 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！
• And my friends had advise me don't be so stick to one's old way of doing things and supercilious.
  而我的朋友也曾告诫我，别那么高调和我行我素之类的话。