imperious

英 [ɪmˈpɪəriəs]

美 [ɪmˈpɪriəs]

adj.  专横的; 蛮横的; 盛气凌人的

GRETEM8医学

BNC.20847 / COCA.19179

牛津词典

adj.

• 专横的；蛮横的；盛气凌人的
  expecting people to obey you and treating them as if they are not as important as you
  1. an imperious gesture/voice/command
     盛气凌人的姿势 / 语调 / 命令

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 专横的;傲慢的;飞扬跋扈的
  If you describe someone asimperious, you mean that they have a proud manner and expect to be obeyed.
  1. Her attitude is imperious at times...
     她有时态度傲慢。
  2. From across the desk she gave him a witheringly imperious look.
     她从桌子对面扫了他一眼，目光咄咄逼人，凌利而专横。

双语例句

• At times, the normally self-possessed, sometimes imperious John was so smitten that he couldn't speak.
  有时，通常很冷静、有时有点专横的约翰会因为不能说话而感到受打击。
• He walks with an imperious look.
  他走的时候脸上飞扬跋扈的样子。
• She sent them away with an imperious wave of the hand.
  她专横地挥了挥手，把他们打发走。
• This time around, he swept to the title in imperious style.
  而这一次，他横扫赛场一举夺冠。
• She spoke to me in an imperious voice.
  她用傲慢的口气对我说话。
• The placid sunshine transformed in a moment into imperious angry fire.
  和煦的阳光瞬间变成了咄咄逼人的烈焰。
• They are rather imperious to their good Moon and her divine sons.
  他们对月亮女神和她的神圣的儿子们，未免有些太卤莽了。
• What is more exhilarating than to make your staunch little boat, obedient to your will and muscle, go skimming lightly over glistening, tilting waves, and to feel the steady, imperious surge of the water!
  你让忠实的小船听命于自己的意愿和力量；你让它轻轻地掠过波光潋滟的水面；你感受着或平稳，或汹涌的波浪&还有什么能比这更令人兴奋的事情呢！
• From across the desk she gave him a witheringly imperious look.
  她从桌子对面扫了他一眼，目光咄咄逼人，凌利而专横。
• Never quite got back to his imperious best but that may be as much from the season's length than anything else.
  一直都不太回复到他的具支配性的最佳状态，不过最大的原因也许是这个赛季的漫长而不是任何其他的因素。