新GRE词汇复习资料：imperious 考研词汇5500电子版
imperious: 傲慢的, 专横的; arrogantly domineering or overbearing
1) arrogant; urgent
imperious <>groveling
imperious <>obeisant 专横的<>服从的
imperious <>unassuming 傲慢的 <>谦虚的
imperious <>humble专横的<>谦逊的
imperious <>obsequious专横的<>献媚的
imperious <>servile专横的<>奴性的
imperious : fawn = self-deprecating : swagger
Her imperious manner cost her her two best friends.
It was imperious that the message reach the police chief.
【考法1】adj. 爱发号施令的： fond of ordering people around
【例】 an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do 一个爱发号施令的小男孩，总是喜欢 指挥别的童子军做事
【近】 authoritarian, autocratic, despotic, dictatorial, domineering, masterful, tyrannical
【考法2】adj. 傲慢的，专横的： arrogantly domineering or overbearing
【例】 an imperious movie star who thinks she"s some sort of goddess 一个把自己当成某种女神的傲慢的影星
【近】 arrogant, bumptious, haughty, lofty, lordly, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, supercilious, superior
【反】 humble, lowly, modest 谦逊的
【考法3】adj. 迫切的： intensely compelling
【例】 As war casualties mounted, the need for trained nurses became imperious. 随着战争伤亡人数的攀升，对于受训护士的需求变得愈发迫切 [UB]vPXm$
【近】 clamant, compelling, critical, crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, importunate, pressing, urgent
【反】 noncritical, unimportant 不重要的