be high-and-mighty
She was so high-and-mighty that nobody wanted to work with her.
她如此傲慢,没人愿意和她一起工作。
傲慢的,高压的
傲慢的;高压的
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
傲慢的;高压的
s offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
Ever since she got promoted, she's become so high-and-mighty that she won't even talk to her old friends.
自从她升职后,她变得如此傲慢,甚至不愿和老朋友说话了。
用法提示:形容词 high-and-mighty 表示傲慢自大,用于描述人因地位提升而变得目中无人。
The manager's high-and-mighty attitude made everyone in the office uncomfortable.
经理傲慢的态度让办公室里的每个人都不舒服。
用法提示:形容词 high-and-mighty 修饰 attitude,指高压傲慢的态度。
I can't stand his high-and-mighty tone when he talks about his achievements.
我受不了他谈论自己成就时那种傲慢的语气。
用法提示:形容词 high-and-mighty 修饰 tone,表示自以为高人一等的语气。
She was so high-and-mighty that nobody wanted to work with her.
她如此傲慢,没人愿意和她一起工作。
He acts high-and-mighty around his colleagues.
他在同事面前表现得傲慢自大。
His tone came across as high-and-mighty.
他的语气显得傲慢。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is a high-and-mighty.
正确表达He is high-and-mighty.
high-and-mighty是形容词,不能用作名词。正确的用法是直接作表语,前面不加冠词。
grammar · medium
易错句子He acts high and mighty.
正确表达He acts high-and-mighty.
作形容词时需使用连字符连接,写成high-and-mighty,而不是分开的短语。
high-and-mighty 强调傲慢自大的态度,high-handed 则侧重专横武断的做法
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