vainglorious
音标发音
- 英式音标 [,veɪn'ɡlɔːrɪəs]
- 美式音标 [venˈɡlɔriəs, -ˈɡlor-]
- 国际音标 [,vein'ɡlɔ:riəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.非常自负的；虚荣心强的
英汉例句
- They collapse standards and offer a vainglorious travesty of a cultural experience to a paying public.
它们破坏了标准，并给付费公众带来了对文化体验的虚荣模仿。 - If Ms Harman’s vainglorious nonsense ends up driving investment and business away from Britain, her ego may yet cost taxpayers more than Sir Fred’s pension.
如果哈曼女士的自负的无知最终让投资和企业远离英国，她损失的纳税人的钱迟早要超过弗雷德爵士的养老金。 - If Ms Harman’s vainglorious nonsense ends up driving investment and business away from Britain, her ego may yet cost taxpayers more than Sir Fred’s pension. And it gets worse than that.
如果哈曼的无聊之谈最终让投资和商业远离英国，她的自负可能会比弗雷德爵士的养老金还要花费巨大，且会愈演愈烈。 - This is undoubtedly vainglorious, but not in the way that many of his detractors allege.
ECONOMIST: Bagehot - The projects that private marketers don't touch are almost always by definition vainglorious undertakings that do nothing to enhance economic growth.
FORBES: Housing - Vainglorious attempts by politicians to impose a minimum wage from outside would at best have had no effect or, at worst, caused unemployment and ruined lives.
FORBES: Three Examples (Or Is It One) Of How To Have A Lower Standard Of Living
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词组短语
- vainglorious detail 虚荣心强的
- vainglorious a 自以为了不起的
- a vainglorious display of erudition 自负的卖弄学问
- she is a vainglorious woman 她是个爱虚荣的女性
短语
英英字典
- showing too much pride in your own abilities or achievements
- If you describe someone as vainglorious, you are critical of them because they are very proud of what they have done and boast a lot about it.