Panjandrum
n. 自命不凡的人, 架子十足的官吏
📖 牛津释义
panjandrum
n
(joc 谑) pompous self-important person 自命不凡的人.
🗣️ 情景例句
Did you take the job?
你接受了那份工作吗？
Thank you for inviting us; we had a wonderful time.
谢谢您的邀请，使我们过得很快乐。
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.
10年前的一个下午，我到你家借过一条项链，你还记得吗？我的丈夫比尔当时在政府的一个部门工作。我们被邀请参加一个宫庭舞会，所以我需要借一点珠宝首饰。