self-styled

英 [ˌself ˈstaɪld]

美 [ˌself ˈstaɪld]

adj.  自封的; 自诩的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 自封的；自诩的
  using a name or title that you have given yourself, especially when you do not have the right to do it

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 自诩的;自封的
  If you describe someone as aself-styledleader or expert, you disapprove of them because they claim to be a leader or expert but they do not actually have the right to call themselves this.
  1. Two of those arrested are said to be self-styled area commanders...
     据说在那些被捕的人员中有两人自称是地区指挥官。
  2. He fiercely criticised self-styled educational experts for ignoring Shakespeare.
     他强烈批评那些无视莎士比亚的自诩为教育专家的人。

英英释义

adj

• as claimed by and for yourself often without justification
  1. the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind
  Synonym:soi-disant

双语例句

• President George W.   Bush, the self-styled decider, placed a bust of Churchill in the Oval Office.
  自我标榜为决策者的小布什（GeorgeW.Bush）在白宫椭圆办公室里放了一尊丘吉尔的半身像。
• The facilitator does well to stop "well short" of supplying any advice or definitions of what is evolving, as the participants move the notes into self-styled rows and columns of organization.
  当参与者将便签以具有内在方式的行和列组织起来的时候，辅导者很少提供任何有关逐步在形成什么东西的意见或定义，这点做得很好。
• With British North Sea production of oil and natural gas44 percent below its peak, Aberdeen, the self-styled oil capital of Europe, fears the slowdown is not simply cyclical.
  英国北海的石油和自然气产出额已经低于其岑岭时期的百分之四十四，自称是欧洲石油之都的阿伯丁担心这并非是简略的周期衰退。
• But the self-styled leader of the revolution never abandoned the pretence that his people loved him and that he had brought his country greatness.
  但这名自我标榜的革命领袖从未放弃装模作样，坚称利比亚人民爱戴他，而他使利比亚成为一个伟大的国家。
• Thus while rural Britain is still fairly homogenous, many parts of London now feel markedly and surprisingly more diverse than even the self-styled melting pot of America.
  因此，尽管英国乡村地区依然有着较高的同源性，伦敦很多地方现在却给人明显而又惊人的更加多元化的感觉，甚至超越了自诩为大熔炉的美国。
• Your self-styled king of the ocean has brought all his friends.
  你自命的大海之王给他带来了很多同盟。
• An official report into former defence secretary Liam Fox's links with his self-styled adviser Adam Werritty is expected to find that he breached the Ministerial Code of Conduct.
  一项关于前国防大臣利亚姆·福克斯的官方报告显示，与私人顾问亚当·威瑞特的联系有可能违反了大臣守则。
• An official report to be published tomorrow will not identify those who funded Dr Liam Fox's self-styled adviser, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
  《每日电讯》披露，一份关于亚当·威瑞特的官方调查报告将于明天公布，但是其未能调查出是谁在资助利亚姆·福克斯私人顾问。
• The self-styled straight talker is badly out of tune with the American people.
  这个自成一派的直言者并没和美国人民一个鼻孔出气。
• Uri Geller, the self-styled psychic and friend of Jackson, told Sky News: Stress is a killer, any doctor will tell you that.
  尤里盖勒，自封精神和杰克逊的朋友，告诉天空新闻：压力是一个杀手，任何医生会告诉你。