If you just tried to show normal dignity, you were viewed as uppity.
就算是只想表現(xiàn)出正常的尊嚴，也會被人認為是驕傲自大。
柯林斯例句
And the Yankees are very upset because so many uppity darkies have been killed recently.
北方佬感到十分惱火,因為最近有那么多氣勢洶洶的黑人被殺了.
飄（部分）
They're snobs -- stuck - up and uppity and persnickety.
他們傲慢、自大又吹毛求疵.
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
Don't be so uppity. You do not think we're good enough for you?
不要那么自以為了不起. 你難道認為我們配不上你 嗎 ?
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
Don't go getting so uppity even if you is the last chicken in Atlanta.
不要那么自大,就算你是亞特蘭的最后一只雞.
互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
"had a witty but overweening manner"
"no idea how overweening he would be"- S.V.Benet
"getting a little uppity and needed to be slapped down"- NY Times