hubris

英 ['hjuːbrɪs]美
  • n. 傲慢；狂妄自大
GRE 扩展词汇

中文词源

hubris 傲慢，狂妄

来自希腊语hybris,对神的放肆无礼。引申词义傲慢，狂妄。

英文词源

hubris (n.)
also hybris, 1884, a back-formation from hubristic or else from Greek hybris "wanton violence, insolence, outrage," originally "presumption toward the gods;" the first element probably PIE *ud- "up, out," but the meaning of the second is debated.

双语例句

1. There is no safety in unlimited technological hubris.
在技术方面自以为是会很危险.
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2. The very hubris of French claims alarmed the other powers.
法国贪婪的胃口使其他大国惊恐不安.
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3. But the gods are offended by hubris.
但是,极度的高傲自信开罪了神灵.
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4. Among bankers I meet there is a lot more hubris than humility.
在我所遇到的银行家中,自大者比谦逊者多得多.
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5. But along the way , says Prof Deshpand é , hubris set in.
但在发展过程中,德什潘德表示, 傲慢不知不觉地滋生了.
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