| 单词 | masterful |
| 释义 | mas·ter·ful 1. a. < her mother was a masterful woman — R.W.Southern > < no one thought of asking the masterful gentleman where his authority was — J.H.Wheelwright > b. < a young maid who has masterful ways — E.K.Brown > < his eyes were … enticing and masterful — Jack London > 2. < a masterful king who put down the lawless barons of the realm > < an epoch of masterful national impulse — Francis Hackett > 3. < the beadwork of the tribes … is masterful — Juan Belaieff > < written in masterful English — George Lenczowski > < a masterful speaker who can move his audiences — R.D.Robinson > Synonyms: < the strong, masterful personality of Holmes dominated the tragic scene, and all were equally puppets in his hands — A. Conan Doyle > < she was ever a masterful woman, better fitted to command than to obey — H.O.Taylor > < the major was a masterful man; and I knew that he would not give orders for nothing — Rudyard Kipling > domineering suggests attempts, successful or not, or desires, fulfilled or not, to subdue others by insolent or tyrannical behavior < the European nations, arrogant, domineering, and rapacious, have done little to recommend the name of Christianity in Asia and Africa — W.R.Inge > < Gourlay had to pay for his years of insolence and tyranny; all who had irked beneath his domineering ways got their carrying done by Wilson — G.D.Brown > imperious suggests assumption with lordly arrogance and autocratic impatience at opposition of command and domination over others < he had to go. There was something final about her imperious courtesy — high-and-mighty, he called it — Willa Cather > < a second Coriolanus, a proud, imperious aristocrat, contemptuous, above all men living, of popular rights — J.A.Froude > peremptory suggests dictatorial curtness in insisting on instant compliance with commands or wishes with impatience at delay or demur < the peremptory tone in which money was demanded for the cost of this fruitless march, while the petitions of the Parliament were set aside till it was granted, roused the temper of the Commons — J.R.Green > < “I decline to listen to another word. I've heard enough.” The bishop accompanied the mandate by a peremptory gesture with the palm of the hand — Robert Grant †1940 > imperative may be a close synonym for peremptory; it may be used in reference to urgent situations calling for firm briskness < “An envelope and telegram form, quick!” Overwhelmed by my imperative manner, he handed me the required articles — Allen Upward > < he heard her imperative voice at the telephone; he heard her summon the doctor — Ellen Glasgow > |
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