adj. 趾高气扬的
high-and-mighty //
形容词 If you describe someone as high-and-mighty, you disapprove of them because they consider themselves to be very important and are confident that they are always right. 傲慢的; 总自以为是的
I think you're a bit too high-and-mighty yourself.
我认为你有点太自以为是了。
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
同义词: autocratic / bossy / dominating / high-and-mighty / magisterial / peremptory
... magisterial 有权威的 high-and-mighty 傲慢的 overlooking 动词overlook的现...
high-and-mighty 傲慢的, 高压的...
I think you're a bit too high-and-mighty yourself.
我认为你有点太自以为是了。
A prolonged trumpet-blast followed, and a proclamation, "Way for the high and mighty the Lord Edward, Prince of Wales!"
接着是一阵长时间的号角声,接着是呼喊:“赶快回避,威尔士太子爱德华殿下驾到!”
But should the high and mighty get off when ordinary people committing the same crimes would go to prison?
普通人犯同样的罪要进监狱,位高权重者就该逃脱吗?
The list of high-and-mighty companies cut down or brought low by market forces is a long one.
From the high-and-mighty viewpoint of the national media, this may seem trivial.
But what nobody can deny, many believe, is that Mr Kejriwal has shattered an inviolable code of silence, by talking openly about what he believes are transgressions of the powerful and influential, the so-called "high and mighty" of India's intensely unequal and hierarchical society.
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