详细释义
Adjective:
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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"
双语例句
- 1. Sniffy could hardly wait!
- 斯尼非简直等不及了！
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- 2. Western firms such as IBM and Accenture can be sniffy about their Indian rivals' sophistication.
- 西方国家像IBM、埃森哲(Accenture)等公司也许会对印度对手们的城府嗤之以鼻。
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- 3. He is always puffing about the expensive wines he brings over to my place, and is then sniffy about the offerings I take round to his.
- 他总是吹嘘自己带到我家来的名贵红酒，而对我带到他家去的酒总是嗤之以鼻。
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- 4. In an industry in which visionaries are often sniffy about anyone else's ideas, the readiness to go elsewhere proved a devastating advantage.
- 在一个到处是眼高手低对别人观点嗤之以鼻人士的行业中，随时做好转变的准备是一种引人注目的优势。
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- 5. THE only kind of entrepreneur who becomes famous in Britain, a nation sniffy about business people, is the flashy personality who embodies the brand.
- 在对商人不屑一顾的英国，能够蜚声成名的企业家只有那种性格鲜明、凸显品牌特性的人。
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- 6. The European Central bank, which is not a lender of last resort even to Banks in the euro zone, has been sniffy about lending to countries outside it.
- 欧洲中央银行曾经自命不凡地向其它地区的国家放贷，现在甚至没有能力向欧元区的银行注资。
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- 7. Business studies—a mixture of law, accountancy and practical French—were taught at Oxford as early as the 13th century, arousing the same sniffy response from some of the dons as they do today.
- 早在13世纪牛津就开始教商学了，那是一个结合了法律、会计和实用法语的学科，和现在一样，许多教员对这种学科嗤之以鼻。
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- 8. Business studies—a mixture of law, accountancy and practical French—were taught at Oxford as early as the 13th century, arousing the same sniffy response from some of the dons as they do today.
- 早在13世纪牛津就开始教商学了，那是一个结合了法律、会计和实用法语的学科，和现在一样，许多教员对这种学科嗤之以鼻。
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- Mr Minghella's film has received sniffy, indeed somewhat snobbish reviews in Britain.
明格拉先生的电影已经在英国受到嗤之以鼻，事实上有点势利的批评。 - Harry used the threat of magic spells to get rid of the sniffy Dudley Dursley.
哈利假装要使用魔咒，叫不识趣的达力滚蛋。
用作形容词 (adj.)
相关词汇
- disdainful 鄙视的
- haughty 傲慢的
- supercilious 目中无人的
- contemptuous 轻视的
- scornful 轻蔑的
- snooty 傲慢的
- superior 上级
- stuck-up 自大的
- proud 自豪的
- arrogant 傲慢的
- swaggering 动词swagger的现在...
- lordly 高傲的
- imperious 傲慢的
- overbearing 傲慢的
- prideful 自傲的
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