self-proclaimed

• 1. 

  ADJ Self-proclaimed is used to show that someone has given themselves a particular title or status rather than being given it by other people. 自封的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  ...a self-proclaimed expert.

  ...一个自封的专家。

  例：

  He is president of his own self-proclaimed republic.

  他是自己宣布成立的共和国的总统。

• 2. 

  ADJ Self-proclaimed is used to show that someone says themselves that they are a type of person which most people would be embarrassed or ashamed to be. 无耻自称的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  One of the prisoners is a self-proclaimed racist who opened fire on a crowd four years ago.

  其中一名囚犯恬不知耻地自称是种族主义者，他曾在四年前向人群开枪射击。