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单词 give oneself airs
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give oneself airs

Act pretentiously or snobbishly.It was as if he was always wary of getting above himself, of giving himself airs and graces, a peculiarly Scottish trait....
  • For everyone, literally for everyone in Sursee, he is simply ‘the priest’, and we never feel that he is the kind of parish priest who gives himself airs.
  • When I describe the feeling it sometimes feels pretentious to use Buddhist metaphors, as though I'm trying to give myself airs.
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