supercilious

• adj. 目空一切的，高傲的；傲慢的，自大的

来自 supercilium,眉毛，-ous,形容词后缀。比喻用法，形容人眉毛高扬，目空一切。

1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;

"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"

"haughty aristocrats"

"his lordly manners were offensive"

"walked with a prideful swagger"

"very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"

"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"

"shaggy supercilious camels"

"a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

2. expressive of contempt;

"curled his lip in a supercilious smile"

"spoke in a sneering jeering manner"

"makes many a sharp comparison but never a mean or snide one"

supercilious

supercilious: [16] The etymological notion underlying supercilious is of raising the ‘eyebrows’ as a sign of haughty disdain. It comes from Latin superciliōsus, a derivative of supercilium ‘eyebrow’, hence ‘haughtiness’. This was a compound noun formed from the prefix super- ‘above’ and cilium ‘eyelid’ (source of the English biological term cilium ‘hair-like process’ [18], whose meaning evolved via an intermediate ‘eyelash’).

supercilious (adj.)

1520s, "lofty with pride, haughtily contemptuous," from Latin superciliosus "haughty, arrogant," from supercilium "haughty demeanor, pride," literally "eyebrow" (via notion of raising the eyebrow to express haughtiness), from super "above" (see super-) + second element akin to cilium "eyelid," related to celare "to cover, hide," from PIE root *kel- (2) "to conceal" (see cell).

Since cilium is more recent than supercilium, the former can be interpreted as a back-formation to the latter .... If indeed derived from the root *kel- 'to hide', we must still assume that a noun *kilium 'eyelid' existed, since the eyelid can 'hide' the eye, whereas the eyebrow does not have such a function. Thus, supercilium may originally have meant 'what is above the cilium'. [Michiel de Vaan, "Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages," Leiden, 2008]

Related: Superciliously; superciliousness.

His manner is supercilious and arrogant...

他非常傲慢自大。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Her eyebrows were arched in supercilious surprise.

大吃一惊的她高傲地扬起了眉毛。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

This supercilious attitude relegates me to the level of the commonplace.

这种目空一切的心态把我归入大路货的档次.

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He adopted a supercilious manner.

他摆出了目空一切的神气.

辞典例句

The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do.

他狂妄自大地认为,我在星期天下午似乎没有什么更有意思的事情可做.

英汉文学 - 盖茨比

His mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air.

他母亲以一种傲慢的态度打量着我的衣着.

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The shop assistant was very supercilious towards me when I asked for some help.

我要买东西招呼售货员时,那个售货员对我不屑一顾.

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He thought he was cleverer than any other person here. And he was supercilious.

他认为在这个小镇里,他比所有的人都聪明, 所以他显得非常傲慢.

期刊摘选

Parkman occasionally allows a supercilious tone to creep into his writings.

帕克曼间或在文章里流露出高傲的态度.

辞典例句

His mother eyed me in silence with a supercilious air ( Tobias Smollett ).

他母亲以一种目空一切的架势一声不响地盯着我 ( 托比阿斯斯摩莱特 )

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I resent your supercilious and arrogant attitude.

我讨厌你这种目中无人的傲慢态度.

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Because your deep love's he is a so supercilious person.

因为你深爱的他是一个如此心高气傲的人.

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The young man acts in a supercilious manner as if nobody were near him.

那个年轻人旁若无人.

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Strong and the developers have completely ignored the supercilious look.

全然不顾开发商们的横眉与白眼.

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Sometimes you're really too supercilious.

有时你的确太自负.

辞典例句

One does not mind them on into the two extremes: to the inferiority or supercilious.

他们一不心就走入两个极端: 目空一切或者内向自卑.

期刊摘选

The response is to assume a supercilious pose to hide a lack of confidence.

其反应是故意采取傲慢的姿态来掩饰自身缺乏自信.

期刊摘选

Yet there was nothing sarcastic or supercilious in the way Ames spoke.

可是艾姆斯说话的口气没有丝毫的嘲讽或傲慢的味道.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

Parkman occasionally allows a supercilious tone to creep into his writing.

帕克曼间或在文章里流露了高傲的态度.

辞典例句

His manner is supercilious and arrogant.

他非常傲慢自大。

辞典例句

Her eyebrows were arched in supercilious surprise.

大吃一惊的她高傲地扬起了眉毛。

柯林斯例句