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cocksure

/ˌkɒkˈʃʊə/ /ˌkɒkˈʃɔː/

Meanings
adjective

妄自尊大，自负。

Too confident; overconfident

Examples :

"He was cocksure of getting an A on the test, even though he hadn't studied much. "
他还没怎么复习，就妄自尊大地认为考试肯定能得A。
attitude character person

Related Words

Illustration he

he noun

/hi/ /heɪː/

捉人游戏, 老鹰捉小鸡

"The children playing tag chose "he" to be the person chasing them. "

孩子们在玩捉人游戏时，选定了由谁来当“老鹰”。

Illustration overconfident

overconfident adjective

/ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/

过于自信，自负

"Mark was overconfident about the test and didn't study, so he failed. "

马克对考试过于自信，结果没复习，所以他没及格。

Illustration much

much adjective

/mʌt͡ʃ/

很多，大量。

"The teacher had much patience with the struggling students. "

这位老师对那些学习困难的学生非常有耐心。

Illustration of

of preposition

/ɔv/ /ɒv/ /ə/ /ʌv/

的, 从

"The school is located five miles of the town center. "

学校位于离市中心五英里的地方.

Illustration getting

getting verb

[ˈɡɛɾɪŋ]

获得，取得

"She is getting her daughter a puppy for her birthday. "

她正在给女儿买一只小狗作为生日礼物。

Illustration studied

studied adjective

/ˈstʌdid/

做作的，谨慎的，刻意的。

"She gave a studied reply."

她的回答显得很做作，明显是斟酌过的。

Illustration even

even noun

/ˈiːvən/ /ˈivn̩/

偶数

"My younger brother counted the evens in his math homework. "

我的弟弟在数学作业里数了数所有的偶数.

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the adverb

/ði/ /ˈðiː/

越...越..., 愈...愈...

"It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it."

越想越觉得它很无力。

Illustration too

too adverb

/tuː/ /tu/

也，同样。

"My brother is tired, too. "

我弟弟也累了。

Illustration though

though adverb

/ðəʊ/ /ðoʊ/

虽然，可是，但是

"I will do it, though."

不过，我还是会做的。

Illustration confident

confident noun

/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dənt/ /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dənt/

知己，心腹。

"My closest confident, my sister, always listens patiently and gives good advice. "

我最亲密的知己，我的姐姐，总是耐心地倾听并给出很好的建议。

Illustration test

test noun

/test/

考验，测试

"The difficult exam was a real test of her knowledge. "

这次艰难的考试是对她知识的真正考验。