居高临下的英文：
to occupy a commanding position; to occupy a high position and descend down; to have a commanding view from a vantage ground

参考例句：

From her elevated position the exhausted woman could perceive the roof of the house below.
现在这位疲乏的女人，在她那居高临下的地势上，能看见下面那所房子的屋顶。

commanding adj.
指挥的；威风凛凛的；居高临下的

I'm fed up with your whole condescending attitude.
我受够了你居高临下的态度。

Speeches, however, are delivered from a podium, with the speaker looking down at his audience
不过，演讲是站在台上，居高临下的

From the vantage point of a window seat,you can survey the slums.
从靠窗座位你可以居高临下俯瞰贫民窟。

Our garden is overlooked from the neighbor's balcony.
从邻居的阳台居高临下可以看到我家的花园。

From the vantage point of a window seat, you can survey the lake.
从靠窗座位你可以居高临下俯瞰湖面。

Others lifted their eyes and swept the vast expanse if country commanded by their position
又有一班人居高临下，眺望面前那一大片原野。

The castle has commanding position on a steep hill.
这座古堡建在陡峭的小山上，位置居高临下。

The burly brute swaggered forward, towering over me, and shouted...
五大三粗的恶汉趾高气扬地走过来，居高临下地对我咆哮着。

occupy是什么意思：
v. [T]
1.占领，占据
2.占（时间,空间）；占用；住
3.（常与oneself连用或作被动式）使忙碌，使从事(+in/with)
4.担任（职务），居（某种地位）

not occupied or engaged with.
没有被占用或从事的。

Preparations would occupy at least an hour.
准备工作至少需要一个小时。

The building or buildings occupied by such a school or institution.
校舍这样一个学校或学院的建筑或建筑群

commanding是什么意思：
adj. 指挥的；威严的；居高临下的
v. command的现在分词；指挥

command sympathy
博得同情

the second in command
副司令员

commanding adj.
指挥的；威风凛凛的；居高临下的

position是什么意思：
n. 位置，方位；姿势；职位，工作；状态；态度
v. 安置；把…放在适当位置；给…定位

Moon is a positive.
月球是个实在的事物。

It is the positive of the battery.
这是电池的阳极

accessible position
可到达的位置