overweening

overweening

英 [əʊvə'wiːnɪŋ]
　　美 [,ovɚ'winɪŋ]

adj. 自負的，過於自信的；過分的

中文詞源：

overweening 過於自負的

over-,超過，過度，ween,認為，追尋，想象，詞源同win.比喻用法。

例句：

1. "Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.
“你表面謙虛，骨子裡目中無人。”她說道。

2. 'Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit,' she said.
“你表面謙虛，骨子裡目中無人。”她說道。

3. The overweening enemy will soon learn this to his cost.
關於這一點,傲視一切敵人不久就要得到慘痛的教訓.

4. Madge Wildfire , who , among other indications of insanity , had a most overweening opinion of those charms.
瑪吉雖說瘋瘋顛顛, 卻還特別愛個俊俏.

5. Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of , at times , overweening self - confidence.
在她一生中,她常常靠擺出泰然自若的樣子, 來掩飾內心的猶豫不定.