
overweening基本信息
读法:英 [əʊvə"wiːnɪŋ] 美 [,ovɚ"winɪŋ]
释义:
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英英释义
Adjective:
"exuberant compliments"
"overweening ambition"
"overweening greed"
"no idea how overweening he would be"
"getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"
中英词源
overweening 过于自负的
over-,超过,过度,ween,认为,追寻,想象,词源同win.比喻用法。
- overweening
- overweening: see wish
- overweening (adj.)
- mid-14c., from present participle of verb overwenen "be conceited, presume, be presumptuous, be over-confident," from Old English oferwenian "to be proud, become insolent or presumptuous;" see over- + ween.
词态变化
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权威造句
- 1. "Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.
- “你表面谦虚,骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. "Your modesty is a cover for your overweening conceit," she said.
- “你表面谦虚,骨子里目中无人。”她说道。
来自辞典例句
- 3. The overweening enemy will soon learn this to his cost.
- 关于这一点,傲视一切敌人不久就要得到惨痛的教训.
来自演讲部分
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of , at times , overweening self - confidence.
- 在她一生中,她常常靠摆出泰然自若的样子, 来掩饰内心的犹豫不定.
来自辞典例句
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单词分析
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记忆方法
1. over- "beyond, above normal" + ween "以为; 想像" + -ing.
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