arrogance
英 [ˈær.ə.ɡəns]
美 [ˈer.ə.ɡəns]
1. Etymologically, to be arrogant is to make great claims about oneself.
2. It originated in the Latin compound verb arrogāre 'claim for oneself'.
- arrogance (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French arrogance (12c.), from Latin arrogantia, from arrogantem (nominative arrogans) "assuming, overbearing, insolent," present participle of arrogare "to claim for oneself, assume," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + rogare "ask, propose" (see rogation).
- 1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
- 他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
- 2. Unconscious envy manifests itself very often as this kind of arrogance.
- 潜意识里的嫉妒常表现为这种傲慢自大。
- 3. At times the arrogance of those in power is quite blatant.
- 有时那些当权者颇为傲慢嚣张。
- 4. He was a typical showman with a brashness bordering on arrogance.
- 他是一个典型的好炫耀者,有一种近乎傲慢的自负。
- 5. I can't stand that man and his arrogance.
- 我讨厌那个男人和他的傲慢。