self-importance
UK/'selfim'pɔ:təns/US/'selfim'pɔ:tәns/
释义
n.
An exaggerated sense of one's own importance; pomposity.
自命不凡;自大
词根拆分
原生英语selfroot
+
-connector
+
importanceroot
=self-importance
self + importance = 「自己(被夸大的)重要性」。复合形式带明显贬义。
常用搭配
- 1.air of self-importance自命不凡的神态
- 2.sense of self-importance自我重要感
- 3.puffed-up self-importance傲慢自大
- 4.[inflated self-importance]膨胀的自我优越感
例句
- 1.
His self-importance makes him hard to work with.
他自命不凡,很难与之共事。
- 2.
She talked with an air of self-importance that annoyed everyone.
她说话时一副自负的样子,让所有人都不快。