puffed up
adjective uk/ˌpʌft ˈʌp/ us/ˌpʌft ˈʌp/
膨胀,傲慢,自负
too pleased or satisfied about something that you have achieved
I was so puffed up with pride that I thought I could do it my way and make up my rules. 我自以为是,以为可以按照自己的方式去做,制定自己的规则。
He has a puffed up sense of his own importance. 他对自己的重要性非常自负。
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- He is all puffed up because he has learned a new word.
- Jack Dee played an ambitious, puffed up second-ranking minister with his eyes on the top table.
- If she comes back with a puffed up ego there will be problems.