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overweening

英 [??v?'wi?n??] 美[,ov?'win??]
  • adj. 自負的,過于自信的;過分的

英英釋意


1. unrestrained in especially feelings;
"extravagant praise"
"exuberant compliments"
"overweening ambition"
"overweening greed"
2. presumptuously arrogant;
"had a witty but overweening manner"
"no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet
"getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times