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

• 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。
• 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。
• Getting all stuffy and self-important?
  那里的人乏味又高傲？
• I like to satirise the people who are pretentious and self-important, who think they're on a higher level than everyone else.
  我喜欢以那些自命不凡、妄自尊大的人群作为题材，还有那些自认为比其他人高一等的人。
• Often the self-important person gets away with it and for this, the service providers must also take the blame.
  多数情况下，妄自尊大的人总能获得成功&而提供服务的人也必须为此承担责任。
• The law professor's self-important claim that he or she teaches students how to think is in need of some revision, some refinement.
  法学教授的自我重要的声明，说他们教学生如何思考，需要某些修正和完善。
• He coughed and hummed in a self-important way.
  他煞有介事地清清喉咙，哼起了小调。
• 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。
• Yes, you are getting all stuffy and self-important.
  果然，你也变得乏味和高傲了。
• With editors and publishers, now that you're a fancy and apparently self-important writer.
  编辑出版商时就不会迟到。现在你是个出色的自负的作家。