high and mighty

英 [haɪ ənd ˈmaɪti]

美 [haɪ ənd ˈmaɪti]

adj.  盛气凌人的; 高傲的; 不可一世的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 盛气凌人的;高傲的;不可一世的
  If you describe someone ashigh and mighty, you disapprove of them because they consider themselves to be very important and are confident that they are always right.
  1. I think you're a bit too high and mighty yourself.
     我认为你自己就有些过于盛气凌人。
  2. The high and mightyare people who are high and mighty.
     盛气凌人者;高傲的人;大人物
  3. The press mogul befriended the high and mighty in Britain.
     这位报界大亨和英国的显贵达人们交情甚好。

双语例句

• They talked high and mighty.
  他们说起话来神气活现。
• Knowledge is so broad that scholars should not act high and mighty about it.
  知识是很宽阔的，学者们不可有所骄傲。
• Scarlett Butler tumbled from her high and mighty place!
  思嘉-巴特勒从她那有钱有势地社会地位上一交摔下来了！非常有钱或有势力的商人。
• Mr "high and mighty" is gonna rob his boss?
  这位正人君子先生居然要抢劫他的老板？
• Yes, everyone loves the scandal, no matter how big or small, after all, what could be more entertaining, than watching the downfall of the high and mighty?
  每个人都喜欢丑闻，或大或小。毕竟，有什么比看到别人从高峰跌倒低谷更令人愉快呢？
• I worked my way up the firm the hard way; nowadays it seems that any high and mighty university type can enter the company straight at the top.
  我当时是通过自己的奋发努力才爬到了该公司的高层，现在似乎任何一个盛气凌人的大学生都可以直接爬到公司的高屋。
• The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.
  整个市中心区有著一种高傲的神气，好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安。
• He looked high and mighty as if showing no worry of food and clothing.
  他很高傲，一副不愁吃不愁穿的样子。
• I think you're a bit too high and mighty yourself.
  我认为你自己就有些过于盛气凌人。
• No matter how high and mighty you get, you never forget the very real pain of those ravines.
  无论登得多高，也无论多强大，你永远都不会忘记身处低谷的真正痛苦。