vanity
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英[ˈvænəti]
|美['vænəti]
n.虚荣,浮华;自负;空虚,无聊的事物;无价值的东西
日语:虚栄心
法语:vanité
德语:Eitelkeit
韩语:화장대
俄语:vanidad
牛津词典
noun
- 自负;自大;虚荣;虚荣心
too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements
- She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance) .
她对自己的相貌毫不自负。
- (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小,无所谓,不重要
the quality of being unimportant, especially compared with other things that are important
- the vanity of human ambition in the face of death
个人抱负在死亡面前的微不足道
- 自负的行为;虚荣的态度;过分的骄傲
behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity
- 自负的行为;虚荣的态度;过分的骄傲
behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity
同、反义词
同义词:
n.
pride,narcissism,self-importance,conceit,arrogance
词形变化
中文词源
vanity 自负
来自vain,自负的,虚无的,徒劳的,词源同vainglory.
双语例句
- Frank Deford is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.
弗兰克·德福特是杂志《名利场》的特约编辑。
- He was too puffed up with his own importance, too blinded by vanity to accept their verdict on him.
他过于骄矜自大,被虚荣心冲昏了头脑,根本不能接受他们对他的意见。
- I have got a lot of time for people who are prepared to put the welfare of their party above their own vanity.
我很钦佩那些不计个人名利,以政党的利益为重的人。
- Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity
使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
- With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟,我以为他可能爱上了我。
- Her sarcasm wounded his vanity.
她挖苦的语言刺伤了他的虚荣心。
- I say this without vanity.
我这样说并不是虚夸。
- His vanity increased with years.
他的虚荣心随着年龄增长而变盛。
- Lester smiled at her vanity and love of show.
莱斯特笑她爱慕虚荣。
- Vanity and virtue do not go together.
虚荣与美德不是共生物。
- The woman is always feeling after vanity.
这女人一贯追求虚荣。
- Her refusal to cooperate with him was a wound to his vanity.
她拒绝与他合作是对他虚荣心的伤害。
- Such as vanity and pride.
例如虚荣和傲慢就是属于这一类弱点。
- But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
然而我的愚蠢,并不是在恋爱方面,而是有虚荣心方面。
- The humble person fights against vanity and self-importance.
谦逊的人会与虚荣和自大做斗争。
- But humanity's so-called "civil societies" soon fell victim to vanity and corruption.
但人类所谓的文明社会很快就变成了虚荣和腐败的牺牲品。
- I felt in her a powerful magnet to my interest and vanity.
我觉得她身上有种极有威力的磁石,能够吸住我的兴趣和虚荣。
- I would like with you to leave the vanity of the world.
我愿意和你离开这个浮华的世界。
- This success flattered my vanity.
这一成功,满足了我的虚荣心。
- There is no vanity in that.
这和自负没有关系。
- Still really have on rounding you for the fly, you of the vanity is satisfy!
还真有一帮苍蝇围着你,你的虚荣心得到满足了吧!
- It had corrective effect on my vanity.
它对我的虚荣心起了缓解效果。
- His admiration fed her vanity.
他的赞美助长了她的虚荣。
- And they appealed to my vanity.
而且他们也满足了我的虚荣心。
- The serialization of Vanity Fair, which was a financial success, quickly established Thackeray's literary reputation.
《名利场》的连载,带来了经济上的成功,这也迅速奠定了萨克雷的文学声望。
- If I can play to his ego and vanity do all Magus have this flaw?
如果我可以播放对他的自我和虚荣做所有魔术家有这个缺点?
- You have seen with your own eyes how my mother was filled with craving and vanity.
你亲眼见到了我的母亲充满了欲望和空虚。
- My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight.
我的诗人的虚荣心,在你的容光中羞死。
- But there were lurking reasons and doubts, besides shyness and vanity, withholding him.
但是除了羞怯和虚荣以外,还有一些潜在的原因和疑虑牵制着他。
- The advertisement appeals to people's vanity.
广告迎合了人们的虚荣心。
语源
Middle English: from Old French vanite, from Latin vanitas, from vanusempty (see vain)