1 N-UNCOUNT 自豪;得意 Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good. 自豪;得意
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...the sense of pride in a job well done. [+ in]
做好一项工作的自豪感
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We take pride in offering you the highest standards. [+ in]
我们为向您提供最高标准的服务而感到自豪。
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They can look back on their endeavours with pride.
他们可以骄傲地回首过去付出的努力。
SYN satisfaction, achievement, fulfilment, delight
2 N-UNCOUNT 尊严;自尊;自尊心 Pride is a sense of the respect that other people have for you, and that you have for yourself. 尊严;自尊;自尊心
SYN self-respect, honour, ego, dignity
3 N-UNCOUNT 骄傲;傲慢 Someone's pride is the feeling that they have that they are better or more important than other people. 骄傲;傲慢 [disapproval]
SYN conceit, vanity, arrogance, pretension
4 VERB 为…感到自豪;对…感到得意 If you pride yourself on a quality or skill that you have, you are very proud of it. 为…感到自豪;对…感到得意
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Smith prides himself on being able to organise his own life. [V pron-refl + on]
史密斯对能够把自己的生活安排得井井有条感到很得意。
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Doyle prides himself on his accuracy. [V pron-refl on -ing/n]
道尔为自己的准确无误感到自豪。
5 N-COUNT [usually NOUN of n] (狮)群 A pride of lions is a group of lions that live together. (狮)群
6 PHRASE 引以为豪的人(或事物) Someone or something that is your pride and joy is very important to you and makes you feel very happy. 引以为豪的人(或事物)
7 PHRASE 首要地位;最重要的地位 If something takes pride of place, it is treated as the most important thing in a group of things. 首要地位;最重要的地位
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A three-foot-high silver World Championship cup takes pride of place near a carved wooden chair.
一个3英尺高的世界锦标赛银质奖杯放在一把木雕椅附近,位置非常显眼。
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The manifesto gives pride of place to job creation.
这项宣言将创造工作机会放在首位。
8 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 放下自尊;忍气吞声;放下架子 If you swallow your pride, you decide to do something even though you think it will cause you to lose some respect. 放下自尊;忍气吞声;放下架子
Quotations
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall Bible: Proverbs
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin
Is pride that apes humility Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Devil's Thoughts
Word Partnership | Use pride with: |
VERB. | take pride in something 1 feel pride 1 2 3 |
N. | sense of pride, source of pride 1 2 3 |
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