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

• 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。
• There are many co-ordination problems and too many self-important people to be consulted, most of whom lack an understanding of what is going on and have a wrong sense of priorities.
  这里面存在许多协作问题，需要征询太多自视过高的人的意见，其中大多数人并不了解局势如何，也理不清事情的轻重缓急。
• 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 coughed and hummed in a self-important way.
  他煞有介事地清清喉咙，哼起了小调。
• 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。
• Getting all stuffy and self-important?
  那里的人乏味又高傲？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。