"the timid child of authoritarian parents"
"insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter"
having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy;
"some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"
"haughty aristocrats"
"his lordly manners were offensive"
"walked with a prideful swagger"
"very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"
"his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"
"a more swaggering mood than usual"
overbearing的用法和样例:
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用作形容词 (adj.)
No one liked his overbearing manners. 没有人喜欢他那傲慢的样子。
His overbearing insolence angered everyone. 他的傲慢无礼激起了大家的愤怒。
The aging actress was very high-strung and overbearing. 这位上了年纪的女演员非常紧张,而且骄傲自大。
He's so overbearing that no one wants to work for him. 他那么蛮横,没人愿为他工作。
Everybody was indignant at such an overbearing manner. 对于这种蛮横态度,大家无不感到气愤。