Domineer

(v. t.) To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents.

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• The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him so much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• There was a faint domineering smile on his face. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• She said you were domineering and rude. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• They say that Glorvina gives herself airs and that Peggy herself is intolerably domineering. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Their domineering impulses find satisfaction in conquering things, in subjecting brute forces to human purposes. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• She has been domineered over hitherto by vulgar intellects. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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