Imperious

(a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

(a.) Haughly; arrogant; overbearing; as, an imperious tyrant; an imperious manner.

(a.) Imperative; urgent; compelling.

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• He was very imperious, and harsh to the children. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The king, who was a man of excellent dispositions, but easily led, had now become a willing disciple of his imperious consort. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The manner of both was imperious, and they both moved, as these words were spoken, so as to place me between themselves and the carriage door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• From that hour the way she had chosen lay before her, and she trod it with her own imperious self-willed step. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The expression of Dobbin's face, as she spoke in this imperious manner, was not pleasant. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The nervous arm that wielded it, with such a gigantic force on public characters, was paralysed beneath the glance of the imperious Mrs. Pott. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I suppose there is nothing pride can so little bear with as pride itself, and that she was punished for her imperious manner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It was Laurie's father, who had run away in his youth, and married against the imperious old man's will. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• As often will be the case, that good but imperious woman pushed her advantages too far, and her successes quite unmercifully. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Mrs. Bute, that brisk, managing, lively, imperious woman, had committed the most fatal of all errors with regard to her sister-in-law. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• To my very self I seemed imperious and unreasonable, for I forbade Justine Marie my door and roof; he smiledbetraying delight. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I felt at times as if he were my relation rather than my master: yet he was imperious sometimes still; but I did not mind that; I saw it was his way. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• As a consequence it is frequently almost impossible to decipher earthly messages owing to the imperious signals from the clouds. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• For every impulse is imperious, and, as _such_, attempts to philosophize. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• So in leisure time, there is an imperious demand for their stimulation by any kind of means; gambling, drink, etc. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• The interval had been short, but he had greatly complained of its length, and had been imperious with Mr Rugg touching the delay. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It was to this person, such as we have described him, that the Prince addressed his imperious command to make place for Isaac and Rebecca. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In two days he has adopted a slightly imperious air and patronizing manner. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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