uppity
adj. 自負的,傲慢的,不易控制的
If you say that someone is uppity, you mean that they are behaving as if they were very important and you do not think that they are important.
If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity.
就算是隻想表現出正常的尊嚴,也會被人認為是驕傲自大。
1. presumptuously arrogant;
If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity.
就算是隻想表現出正常的尊嚴,也會被人認為是驕傲自大。
And the Yankees are very upset because so many uppity darkies have been killed recently.
北方佬感到十分惱火,因為最近有那麼多氣勢洶洶的黑人被殺了.
They're snobs -- stuck - up and uppity and persnickety.
他們傲慢、自大又吹毛求疵.
Don't be so uppity. You do not think we're good enough for you?
不要那麼自以為了不起. 你難道認為我們配不上你 嗎 ?
Don't go getting so uppity even if you is the last chicken in Atlanta.
不要那麼自大,就算你是亞特蘭的最後一隻雞.