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 supercilious [`supɚ'sɪlɪəs]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 傲慢的, 自大的, 目空一切的



    supercilious
    [ adj ]
    1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

    2. <adj.all>
      some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines
      haughty aristocrats
      his lordly manners were offensive
      walked with a prideful swagger
      very sniffy about breaches of etiquette
      his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air
      a more swaggering mood than usual
    3. expressive of contempt

    4. <adj.all>
      curled his lip in a supercilious smile
      spoke in a sneering jeering manner
      makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one


    Supercilious \Su`per*cil"i*ous\, a. [L. superciliosus, fr.
    supercilium an eyebrow, pride; super over, + cilium an
    eyelid; probably akin to celare to conceal. Cf. {Conceal}.]
    Lofty with pride; haughty; dictatorial; overbearing;
    arrogant; as, a supercilious officer; asupercilious air;
    supercilious behavior. -- {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ly}, adv. --
    {Su`per*cil"i*ous*ness}, n.

    1. Your supercilious reference to the magic moment when life begins is uncalled for.
    2. The BBC used to be very supercilious about running comedies in tandem; it was considered rampant commercialism and unimaginative.
    3. The leader of the official opposition was at his most jocose, moral, supercilious, etc, when he spoke on Wednesday.
    4. Given its popularity and high production standards, it would be supercilious, and in some cases inaccurate, to dismiss the entire genre as middlebrow soap opera.
    5. Still, the very British narrator has trouble concealing a note of supercilious distaste for these Air Force veterans who calmly swallow dinner and talk quietly among themselves and who clearly are, in the narrator's view, insufficiently guilt-ridden.
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