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

• 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。
• You were once high and mighty souls, and accepted the challenge to drop down through the dimensions and experience duality.
  你们曾经都是崇高的，伟大的灵魂，并且接受了这个挑战来降低振动进入了这个维度体验二元性。
• Of your high and mighty noble talk, big words.
  你那些高尚的大话。
• You think you are one of the high and mighty, remember pride goes before a fall.
  你自以为是了不起的人物，别忘了骄者必败。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's become very high and mighty since he get that new job.
  他自从得到了那份新工作后就变得神气活现。
• They talked high and mighty.
  他们说起话来神气活现。
• 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？
• 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。