英语单词:megalomaniac

意思翻译

megalomaniac

noun [ C ] uk/ˌmeɡ.əl.əˈmeɪ.ni.æk/ us/ˌmeɡ.əl.əˈmeɪ.ni.æk/

夸大狂;妄自尊大的人

someone who has an unnaturally strong wish for power and control, or thinks that they are much more important and powerful than they really are

He has been accused of being a megalomaniac. 人们指责他是个自大狂。 More examples

For God's sake, don't let this megalomaniac become president.

Some people actually called me a megalomaniac because of my ambitious ideas.

The department is run by rabid militarist, right-wing megalomaniacs.

It's also good for megalomaniacs who want to make the world all theirs.

The head teacher is a pill-popping megalomaniac, but also strangely inspiring.

megalomaniac

adjective uk/ˌmeɡ.əl.əˈmeɪ.ni.æk/ us/ˌmeɡ.əl.əˈmeɪ.ni.æk/ (also megalomaniacal, /ˌmeɡ.əl.əʊ.məˈnaɪ.ə.kəl/ /ˌmeɡ.əl.əʊ.məˈnaɪ.ə.kəl/)

狂妄自大的，极具野心的

having an unnaturally strong wish for power and control, or showing that you think you are much more important and powerful than you really are

megalomaniac dictators 狂妄自大的独裁者

His latest megalomaniac ambition is to build the world's highest apartment block. 他最新的超级野心是要建造世界上最高的公寓楼。

See: megalomania

He was notorious for his megalomaniac fits - throwing things, screaming obscenities, and humiliating these teenage kids in his theater company.

Similar megalomaniac schemes were proposed in the 1960s, but were never carried through.

propped up politicians who are venal, ineffective and more than a little megalomaniacal

Beyond these few big decisions, the government's craving for ever wider powers over land-use planning is megalomaniac.