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Imperiously + somebody + verb + ...
副词置于句首，通常用逗号隔开，起强调作用，语气较强。
Imperiously, she waved her hand for attention.
她专横地挥手引起注意。
专横地；盛气凌人地
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
专横地；盛气凌人地
in a proud, commanding way that expects to be obeyed
Imperiously, she waved her hand for attention.
她专横地挥手引起注意。
专横地；帝王般
In an imperious manner; in the style of an emperor.
不容拒绝地；命令式地
In a way that brooks no refusal; commandingly.
She imperiously ordered her assistant to bring coffee.
她专横地命令助手端咖啡来。
He waved his hand imperiously, expecting everyone to obey.
他傲慢地挥了挥手，期待所有人都服从。
The manager spoke imperiously to the staff about the new policy.
经理就新政策对员工说话时态度专横。
副词置于句首，通常用逗号隔开，起强调作用，语气较强。
Imperiously, she waved her hand for attention.
她专横地挥手引起注意。
副词放在主动词之前；若谓语含助动词，则放在助动词之后、主动词之前，例如 “She has imperiously demanded...”。
He imperiously dismissed the suggestion.
他专横地拒绝了那个建议。
副词放在宾语之后，是副词修饰动词最常见的位置，口语和书面语都常用。
The manager treated the staff imperiously.
经理专横地对待员工。
Not this
He spoke imperious to his staff.
Use this
He spoke imperiously to his staff.
英语修饰动词须用副词，汉语形容词可直接作状语，因此把形容词 imperious 改成副词 imperiously 来修饰 spoke。
Not this
The boss looked at us imperially.
Use this
The boss looked at us imperiously.
imperiously 表示盛气凌人、专横，而 imperially 只表示“以帝国方式”，词根相近但语义不同，这里表达态度应选 imperiously。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
专横地要求
She demanded imperiously that everyone leave at once.
她专横地要求大家立刻离开。
盛气凌人地挥手
He waved imperiously to the waiter for the bill.
他盛气凌人地朝服务员挥手要账单。
专横地命令
The manager ordered imperiously, 'Finish it tonight.'
经理专横地命令道：“今晚必须完成。”
专横地召见
The director summoned him imperiously to her office.
主管专横地把他叫到办公室。
盛气凌人地示意
She gestured imperiously for silence.
她盛气凌人地示意大家安静。
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想象一位皇帝（imperial）在发号施令，姿态专横、盛气凌人——imperiously 就是这种“皇帝式”的凌人气势。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary narrative 通常用于正式或文学语境，多形容某人以专横、傲慢的方式行事或发号施令。
与 imperiously 真正押韵的词有 seriously /ˈsɪəriəsli/ 和 mysteriously /mɪˈstɪəriəsli/：重读元音 /ɪə/ 及后面的 /riəsli/ 相同。注意拼写也以 -iously 结尾的 curiously、obviously、furiously、variously 重音在前、元音不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.