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

• Mary is so self-important that she makes me sick.
  玛丽太高傲了，我很不喜欢她。
• Dick is a self-important corporate jackass who misses what is going on around him because he's always in pursuit of an important business deal.
  迪克是一个自大又愚蠢的生意人，他忽视自己周围发生的事情，因为他总是在忙着做一项大生意。
• He carried himself with the same self-important air, took his new state with easy familiarity, and rejoiced in carrie's proclivities and successes.
  他风度依旧，神气十足，从容不迫地对付新的处境，为嘉莉的癖好和成就感到高兴。
• Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.
  自大的；自负的；傲慢的。
• Each might regard the idea as risible, but their ability to deflate the reputations of self-important politicians and men of business makes classy moralists of them.
  每一个人都能有搞笑的想法出来，但他们讽刺自以为是的政治家和商人的能力成为一流的道德家。
• A vain, self-important, silly, or aggressively stupid person.
  自负的，妄自尊大的，愚蠢的或过分自信的笨蛋。
• He was self-important, vain and ignorant.
  他傲慢自负，虚荣无知。
• He coughed and hummed in a self-important way.
  他煞有介事地清清喉咙，哼起了小调。
• Self-important, poorly-informed, well-intentioned at times but always an idiot.
  妄自尊大，耳目闭塞，有时出于好意，但总是一个白痴。
• 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。