self-important
adjective disapproving uk/ˌself.ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/ us/ˌself.ɪmˈpɔːr.tənt/
妄自尊大的,高傲的
believing that you are more important or have a higher value than other people
He never comes across as pompous or self-important. 他从不给人以浮夸或自负的印象。
I look at these very serious, self-important people, and I just don't want to be like that. 我看着这些一本正经、自命不凡的人,我就是不想那样。
See: self-importance
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- He is a very arrogant, self-important man.
- He's this country's most ludicrously self-important sportsman.
- He must deal with the possibility that his self-important wife makes more money than he does.
- She carried around a clipboard in a very self-important manner.