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arrogance

英 ['ærəg(ə)ns] 美['ærəgəns]

英语单词arrogance

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词vanity scorn impertinence confidence air

n. 自大；傲慢态度

GRE中低频词扩展词汇

助记提示

1. Etymologically, to be arrogant is to make great claims about oneself.
2. It originated in the Latin compound verb arrogāre 'claim for oneself'.

英文词源

arrogance (n.): c. 1300, from Old French arrogance (12c.), from Latin arrogantia, from arrogantem (nominative arrogans) "assuming, overbearing, insolent," present participle of arrogare "to claim for oneself, assume," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + rogare "ask, propose" (see rogation).

双语例句

1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.: 他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。

2. Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.: 潜意识里的嫉妒常表现为这种傲慢自大。

3. At times the arrogance of those in power is quite blatant.: 有时那些当权者颇为傲慢嚣张。

4. He was a typical showman with a brashness bordering on arrogance.: 他是一个典型的好炫耀者，有一种近乎傲慢的自负。

5. I can't stand that man and his arrogance.: 我讨厌那个男人和他的傲慢。