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她对佣人作威作福。She domineers over the servants.

女人一旦得到平等，就对男人作威作福。Woman once made equal to man becomes his superior.

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但是公司对其佃户和工人可以作威作福，苛刻异常。But the company can be a harsh overlord to its crofters.

我不会替任何像史密斯先生那样作威作福的人工作。I wouldn't work for someone who tries to domineer as Mr.

作恶作威作福，那是人民公仆。Does evil abuses power, that is the people's public servant.

我不会替任何像史密斯先生那样作威作福的人工作。I wouldn't work for someone who tries to domineer over everyone as Mr, Smith does.

中国对海上领土的贪婪以及作威作福促使了昂贵军备竞赛的产生。China'simmense territorial greed and lawlessness at sea has created an expensive arms race.

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你已经在F1混这么多年了，现在终于有机会在一个车队里作威作福，你觉得最困难的挑战对于你来说是啥？Now you have every opportunity to mould a team to your liking. What is the most difficult challenge?

我觉得这里是中国人的地方，我们是客人，我们无权对中国人作威作福。I felt that this was the land of the Chinese and we were guests, with no right to lord it over the Chinese.

他们的官吏也大多不法之徒，专以自己手中的权力来对人们作威作福。Their officials were mostly criminals, specifically in their own hands the power to lord it over on people.

任何人都不应低估这位“铁血女宰相”，多年以来她骑在对手头上作威作福。No one should underestimate the Iron Chancelleress, who has ridden roughshod over her opponents over the years.

倘若这些暴徒和杀人凶手依然能在豪华的宫殿作威作福，伊拉克人民的境况绝不会好转。But no one can argue that the Iraqi people would be better off with the thugs and murderers back in the palaces.

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作恶作威作福，那是人民公仆。心里要是不服，立马把你制服。Do evil things extremely bossy , that be people's civil servant. In the mind if defy, sign Ma3 Ba3 your uniform.

尽管虎在山林中作威作福，大模大样地走来走去，但有一个最大的弱点，就是不会上树。Although the tiger in the mountains of thrilled, big and walked up and down, but the biggest weakness is not a tree.

我喜欢对她作威作福，而她通常宁可屈从我的专横，不愿冒著和我直接冲突的危险。It pleased me to domineer over her, and she generally submitted to my tyranny rather than risk a hand-to-hand encounter.

三炮被描绘成一个欺软怕硬的恶棍，在日本人面前懦弱无能却在中国人前作威作福。San Pao was portrayed as a weak spirited villain who cowered from the Japanese and spat on the face of the Chinese butcher.

随着金融危机在世界市场越来越作威作福，解雇通知正如比赛时溢出的酒一样，不计其数。As the financial crisis plays itself out across global markets, pink slips are flowing like Mountain Dew at a WOW tournament.

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是骑在雇员头上作威作福，掠夺股民利益，欺骗消费者的无耻企业家吗？Unscrupulous corporate mandarins who run roughshod over their employees, loot their shareholders, and defraud their customers?

穷苦的佃农们发现，一路之隔就有自己的同盟者，便开始大胆地起来斗争。地主被吓怕了，也不敢过分作威作福。Then poor tenants realizing they had allies just across the way began to stand up to the landlords who were scared to be too severe.

事实是婚姻仅仅建立在便利的基础上，而且妻子不再愿意接受丈夫作威作福的态度。The fact is that many marriages were simply based on conveniencewives are no longer willing to accept the abusive domineering attitudes of husbands.