magisterial

英 [ˌmædʒɪ'stɪəriəl] 美 [ˌmædʒɪ'stɪriəl]

• adj. 有权威的；威严的；专横的；地方法官的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. of or relating to a magistrate;

   "official magisterial functions"
   

2. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;

   "an autocratic person"
   "autocratic behavior"
   "a bossy way of ordering others around"
   "a rather aggressive and dominating character"
   "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"
   "a swaggering peremptory manner"
   

3. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person;

   "his distinguished bearing"
   "the monarch's imposing presence"
   "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. believe irrationally
   
2. He talked with the magisterial authority of the head of the family.
   他说起话来俨然一副一家之主的口吻。
3. The boss managed the employees in an aloof, magisterial way.
   老板以冷漠专断的态度来对待这些雇员。

经典引文

• Jeeves is..naturally magisterial (he takes the chair at..the..club for gentlemen's gentlemen).

  出自： Godfrey Smith

• These researches..had culminated in his magisterial paper 'The Mammoth and His Parasites'.

  出自： B. Chatwin

近反义词

【近义词】

• domineering 专横的
• administrative 行政的
• August （a~）威严的...
• commanding 指挥的
• authoritative 权威性的
• majestic 宏伟的
• stately 庄严的
• overbearing 傲慢的
• arrogant 傲慢的
• superior 上级
• imperious 傲慢的
• masterly 巧妙的
• expert 专家
• able 能够的
• scholarly 学术性的
• bossy 专横的
• grand 重大的
• high-and-mighty 傲慢的
• dominating 主要的
• distinguished 卓越的
• imposing 令人难忘的
• peremptory 专横的
• autocratic 独裁的