pompously
adverb disapproving uk/ˈpɒm.pəs.li/ us/ˈpɑːm.pəs.li/
妄自尊大地，自以为是地
in a way that is too serious and shows that you think you are very important
He strode around pompously, telling everyone what to do. 他迈着大步走来走去，告诉每个人该做什么。
See: pompous
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- I bragged and swaggered and pompously described my impending date.
- "One thing at a time," he used to say pompously, as though there were some virtue in it.
- "The Council wish me to return!" she announced pompously.
- A group of aldermen rode pompously down the street.
- a pompously inept barrister