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(yán)，也會(huì)被人認(rèn)為是驕傲自大。
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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?yàn)樽罱心敲炊鄽鈩輿皼暗暮谌吮粴⒘?
飄（部分）
They're snobs -- stuck - up and uppity and persnickety.
他們傲慢、自大又吹毛求疵.
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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(rèn)為我們配不上你 嗎 ?
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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.
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"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