释义 |
self-proclaimedˌself-proˈclaimed adjective - So many people are self-proclaimed environmentalists that it doesn't mean much anymore.
- From his self-proclaimed position as guardian of the rightwing flock, he has become a sacrificial lamb.
- He held talks with governments and leaders of self-proclaimed republics and with opposition leaders.
- He is the self-proclaimed champion of the huge and virtuous middle class, to which everyone but Bill Gates belongs.
- He is the self-proclaimed outsider who knows Washington; the former secretary of education who proposes to abolish the department.
- Thus far, though, the undisputed king of chat is the self-proclaimed King of Pop, Michael Jackson.
- Yet no one who knew the man disputes that Robey might well have knocked down the self-proclaimed king of rock & roll.
having given yourself a position or title without the approval or agreement of other people – used to show disapproval: a self-proclaimed champion of the working class |