arrogance
英['ærəg(ə)ns]
美['ærəgəns]
- n. 自大；傲慢态度
助记提示
1. Etymologically, to be arrogant is to make great claims about oneself.
2. It originated in the Latin compound verb arrogāre 'claim for oneself'.
英文词源
- arrogance (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French arrogance (12c.), from Latin arrogantia, from arrogantem (nominative arrogans) "assuming, overbearing, insolent," present participle of arrogare "to claim for oneself, assume," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + rogare "ask, propose" (see rogation).
双语例句
- 1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
- 他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
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- 2. Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.
- 潜意识里的嫉妒常表现为这种傲慢自大。
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- 3. At times the arrogance of those in power is quite blatant.
- 有时那些当权者颇为傲慢嚣张。
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- 4. He was a typical showman with a brashness bordering on arrogance.
- 他是一个典型的好炫耀者，有一种近乎傲慢的自负。
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- 5. I can't stand that man and his arrogance.
- 我讨厌那个男人和他的傲慢。
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