uppity

adj.

1. 傲慢的；自视甚高（而不服从）的
   behaving as if you are more important than you really are, especially when this means that you refuse to obey orders

1. ADJ-GRADED 自大的；骄横的
   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.
   1. If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity.
      就算是只想表现出正常的尊严，也会被人认为是骄傲自大。

1. If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity.
   就算是只想表现出正常的尊严，也会被人认为是骄傲自大。
2. As a young adult, she's snobby, uppity and way too obsessed with her nose.
   而成年以后，她又势力、傲慢，而且过于着迷于自己的鼻子。
3. Rather, the Chinese relationship serves largely as a threat for Angola to wield if western partners ever get uppity about boring stuff like child mortality.
   相反，如果西方合作伙伴对诸如儿童死亡率等问题感到恼火，与中国的关系很大程度上会成为安哥拉能够加以利用的一个威胁。
4. It is known, though, from experiments on other species that if those at the bottom of a dominance hierarchy show signs of getting uppity, those at the top react both quickly and aggressively.
   已知的是，从其他的实验中得出的结论是，如果那些处于统治阶层的底层的人表现出傲慢和自负，那么处于顶端的反应则兼有迅速和富有侵略性。
5. Can you believe this uppity negro, sir?
   你们能相信这个傲慢的黑炭头吗，先生？
6. And the Yankees are very upset because so many uppity darkies have been killed recently.
   北方佬感到十分恼火，因为最近有那么多气势汹汹的黑人被杀了。
7. Boss felt I was getting slightly uppity.
   我的老板感到我变得有点傲慢了。
8. In the short term this might even result in lower oil prices if OPEC countries pump more out of the ground to raise cash to assuage uppity populations.
   在短期内，如果opec各国通过开采更多石油，筹集资金安抚不稳定人群，这可能会导致石油价格下降。
9. Men hate an "uppity" woman; they also hate an "aggressive" woman.
   男人们不喜欢″傲慢的女人″，也不喜欢″敢作敢为的″女人。
10. As long as you keep her as a casual girlfriend and not a wife, if she gets too uppity you can simply walk away, free and clear.
    只要你始终把她作为一个女朋友而不是妻子。如果她变得傲慢和不可理喻，之完全可以简单的走开。
11. These uppity kids are all the same.
    这些自以为是的孩子都一样。