adj.自负的;过分的
The overweening enemy will soon learn this to his cost. 关于这一点,傲视一切敌人不久就要得到惨痛的教训。
He was overweening and displayed his slight skill before an expert on a public occasion. 他目中无人,在大庭广众之下班门弄斧。
Throughout her life she has hidden her insecurities behind a facade of, at times, overweening self-confidence. 在她一生中,她常常靠摆出泰然自若的样子,来掩饰内心的犹豫不定。