他在城里趾高气扬地走着，好像他拥有着这地方似的。

He struts around town like he owns the place.

不过这些都没关系，因为她走起路来趾高气扬，好像我们所有人加在一起都不如她似的。

Not that mattered though, because she walked around like she was better than all of us put together.

她又预祝卢卡斯太太马上也会有同样的幸运，其实也明明是在趾高气扬地料定她没有这个福份。

She concluded with many good wishes that Lady Lucas might soon be equally fortunate, though evidently and triumphantly believing there was no chance of it.

Kerviel 先生被指控蒙骗风险管理人员，但趾高气扬的交易员会发现，他们很容易对谦恭的后勤部门的担忧置之不理。

Mr. Kerviel is alleged to have outfoxed risk managers, but swaggering traders can find it all too easy to ignore the concerns of meek back-office types.

一些英国士兵认为：在北爱尔兰服役使得他们在反对叛乱分子方面，比趾高气扬的美国大兵更加有效，也认为美军贪生怕死。

Some British soldiers assumed that service in Northern Ireland made them smarter at fighting insurgencies than the galumphing Americans, who were also thought to be casualty-averse.