
adj.自負(fù)的;過分的
The overweening enemy will soon learn this to his cost. 關(guān)于這一點(diǎn),傲視一切敵人不久就要得到慘痛的教訓(xùn)。
He was overweening and displayed his slight skill before an expert on a public occasion. 他目中無人,在大庭廣眾之下班門弄斧。
Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of, at times, overweening self-confidence. 在她一生中,她常常靠擺出泰然自若的樣子,來掩飾內(nèi)心的猶豫不定。