self-appointed

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishself-appointedˌself-apˈpointed adjective THINK/HAVE THE OPINION THATgiving yourself a responsibility, job, position etc without the agreement of other people, especially those you claim to represent – used to show disapprovalExamples from the Corpusself-appointed• Vigilantes were the self-appointed administrators of justice and public executioners.• These self-appointed assistants sped swiftly up and down the corridor, wakening their companions and spreading the good news.• Fifthly, the periodic meetings of Great Powers which together acted as self-appointed guarantors of international law and order.• We won't be intimidated by self-appointed guardians of educational standards.• He was our self-appointed guide to Bouilland, population 136, sixteen kilometres from Beaune.• He is also the self-appointed heckler-in-chief to the Tories.• Because he was literate and articulate, he showed a bitter contempt for the self-appointed intellectuals of the inter-war years.• For years now, self-appointed surgeons without the appropriate training have been performing life-threatening operations usurping the skills of consultant plastic surgeons.

单词	self-appointed
释义	self-appointed From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishself-appointedˌself-apˈpointed adjective THINK/HAVE THE OPINION THATgiving yourself a responsibility, job, position etc without the agreement of other people, especially those you claim to represent – used to show disapprovalExamples from the Corpusself-appointed• Vigilantes were the self-appointed administrators of justice and public executioners.• These self-appointed assistants sped swiftly up and down the corridor, wakening their companions and spreading the good news.• Fifthly, the periodic meetings of Great Powers which together acted as self-appointed guarantors of international law and order.• We won't be intimidated by self-appointed guardians of educational standards.• He was our self-appointed guide to Bouilland, population 136, sixteen kilometres from Beaune.• He is also the self-appointed heckler-in-chief to the Tories.• Because he was literate and articulate, he showed a bitter contempt for the self-appointed intellectuals of the inter-war years.• For years now, self-appointed surgeons without the appropriate training have been performing life-threatening operations usurping the skills of consultant plastic surgeons.
随便看	you might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb you might as well be hanged for a sheep as for a lamb you name it you name it (they’ve got it)! you name it they've got it you name it theyve got it you need only do all you need do is you need only do something/all you need do is ... you need only do you need do is you never can tell can never tell you never can tell/you can never tell you never can you can never tell you never know you only have to look at to etc you only have to look listen to etc you only have to read at to etc you only have to read listen to etc under consideration under consideration etc under construction under control under cover under cover of darkness under cover of night under cultivation