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。
• He also had a lifelong career as a self-styled sex therapist.
  他还自称自己的终身职业是性临床学家。
• The self-styled` Reverend 'Harper is not a real clergyman at all.
  这位自称‘教士’的哈珀根本就不是真正的教士。
• 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。
• 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。
• Asia has no shortage of brainpower, or of self-styled think-tanks.
  亚洲不缺脑力人才或自封的智库。
• 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。
• The Sunday Express, the self-styled "World's Greatest Newspaper", has declared Jose Mourinho a serious candidate for the Liverpool job.
  太阳报，自称是“世界上最伟大的报纸”，宣称琼斯·穆里尼奥是执教利物浦的最佳候选人。
• The self-styled leader of the sect, Mr Baker
  自封为这一宗派领袖的贝克先生