magisterial
英 [,mædʒɪ'stɪərɪəl]
美[,mædʒɪ'stɪrɪəl]
- adj. 有权威的；专横的；官吏的
英英释意
- 1. of or relating to a magistrate;
- "official magisterial functions"
- 2. offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power;
- "an autocratic person"
- "autocratic behavior"
- "a bossy way of ordering others around"
- "a rather aggressive and dominating character"
- "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"
- "a swaggering peremptory manner"
- 3. used of a person's appearance or behavior; befitting an eminent person;
- "his distinguished bearing"
- "the monarch's imposing presence"
- "she reigned in magisterial beauty"
