| 单词 | arrogant |
| 释义 | arrogant (once / 614 pages) adj Arrogant is an adjective for describing people who are too proud and look down on others, like supermodels who think their good looks give them a right to do whatever they want. Arrogant derives from Latin arrogare "to claim," and the idea is that someone is claiming credit or advantages that they are not entitled to. It's close in meaning to haughty and supercilious, but both of those have connotations of coolness and perceived superiority that arrogant does not. An aristocrat could be called all three, but a customs official or traffic cop is more likely to be called arrogant than the other terms. WORD FAMILYarrogant: arrogance, arroganter, arrogantly+/arrogance: arrogances USAGE EXAMPLES“Silicon Valley is arrogant and gets it wrong sometimes.” New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) This smooth, charming, brilliant but arrogant man continued to pick on Bush for the next four years as Bush himself said nary a word. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Earlier this year, I heard one of his colleagues describe a well-known but particularly shy scientist as extremely arrogant. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) adj having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride an arrogant official arrogant claims Syn chesty, self-important proud feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride |
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