overweening
英 [??v?'wi?n??]
美[,ov?'win??]
- adj. 自負(fù)的，過(guò)于自信的；過(guò)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
