高考常用高频词组 give oneself airs
释义:
give oneself airs 摆架子,装腔作势
例句:
I don't like Charles, he is really irritating and speaks just to give himself AIRS.
我不喜欢查尔斯,他总是很气人,而且讲起话来趾高气昂的。
Each one was a girl of fair common sense, and she did not delude herself with any vain conceits, or deny her love, or give herself AIRS, in the idea of outshining the others.
她们每一个人都是明白事理的姑娘,谁也没有想到为了超过别人,就用虚荣的幻想去自欺欺人,或是去否认她们的爱情,或去卖弄风情。
But exactly how she will manage that alliance remains to be seen, as Rousseff - who can give off authoritarian AIRS - does not have a fraction of Lula's people skills.
但很明确地,她将如何管理这个联盟尚未可知,因罗塞芙- - -有专权者的神气,但没有一丝卢拉的人际交往能力。
They are rough and common and they give themselves the airs of noble lords.
他们实则粗暴平庸,却装腔作势出贵族的气派。
They give themselves such AIRS.
他们给自己这样的架子。
I have never met your sister before; does she always give herself such AIRS and graces?
我从未见过你姐姐,她总是那么装腔作势吗?