overweening meaning in English
adj.
自以为了不起的，自负的；傲慢的；夸大了的。
adv.
-ly
Examples
- Madge wildfire, who, among other indications of insanity, had a most overweening opinion of those charms .
玛吉虽说疯疯颠颠，却还特别爱个俊俏。 - Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of, at times, overweening self-confidence .
在她一生中，她常常靠摆出泰然自若的样子，来掩饰内心的犹豫不定。 - Of wild and overweening temper, she could not bear the humiliation of her husband's soft, half-appealing kindness to everyone .
她生性难以驾驭，高傲自负，无法忍受丈夫对人人都温文尔雅，假仁假意。 - An overweening public sector has stifled growth in jobs in service industries
自负的公共部门已经妨碍了服务业岗位的增长。