释义 |
self-imˈportance [self- 5 a.] The sense of one's importance; bearing or conduct arising from this.
1775in Ash. 1779Mirror No. 43 ⁋1 She found in him nothing of that self-importance which superior parts, or great cultivation of them, is apt to confer. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xii, The worthy burgher, in the plenitude of self-importance. 1825― Betrothed xxii, Solitude is favourable to feelings of self-importance. 1872Sanford Est. Eng. Kings 331 The dignity of bearing in Charles..was sustained by a profound sense of self-importance and superiority. |