单词：overweening
音标：[.әuvә'wi:niŋ] ；
a. 骄傲的, 自负的, 过于自信的, 过分的
s. presumptuously arrogant
词型变化：名词复数形式 : overweenings
考试类型：[GRE]
考试类型：[GRE]
词性分布：
overweening的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- 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。
- He was overweening and displayed his slight skill before an expert on a public occasion.他目中无人，在大庭广众之下班门弄斧。
- 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。
经典引文
The overweening cleverboots whom the critics have insufficiently chastised.
出自：Times Literary Supplement
【近义词】
- boastful自夸的
- consequential重要的
- arrogant傲慢的
- conceited极其自负的
- presumptuous放肆的
- pompous傲慢的
- haughty傲慢的
- uppity自负的
- exuberant兴高采烈的
- extravagant奢侈的
- excessive过分的