妄自尊大 meaning in English
be overbearing; aggrandize oneself; be arrogant and overweening; be eaten up with pride; be given to swaggering; be overweening; be puffed up with pride; be puffed up with self-importance; be selfconceited [self-important]; boast wildly of oneself; give oneself airs; have too high an opinion of oneself; indulge in foolish display; self-conceit; self-glorification; self-importance; set oneself up as superior to everyone; swell with pride; think no small beer of oneself
Examples
- They bore their religion arrogantly .
她们因她们所信仰的宗教而妄自尊大。 - One is ruined by attempting greatness to which he has no claim .
妄自尊大的人必将自取灭亡。 - Mrs. branderton had a self-importance that was almost sublime .
布兰德顿夫人几乎有一种极端的妄自尊大狂。 - Education had not given her so very hurtful a degree of self-consequence .
她受的教育危害较小，没有使她达到那样妄自尊大的程度。 - He was sometimes loud and self-important and claimed to be able to do anything .
有时候，他有些招摇，妄自尊大，声称自己无所不能。