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单词 vainglorious
释义
vainglorious
adjective
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˌveɪnˈɡlɔː.ri.əs/us
/ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːr.i.əs/
showingtoo muchprideinyourownabilitiesorachievements:
十分自负的；自夸的；喜欢自吹自擂的
InBritainhe isregardedas a vaingloriousfool.在英国，他被视为一个自负的傻瓜。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing arrogance and conceit
  • (as) proud as Luciferidiom
  • airs and gracesidiom
  • arrogant
  • arrogantly
  • as ifyouowned the placeidiom
  • dog
  • egocentric
  • egocentrically
  • egoistic
  • egomaniacal
  • overweening
  • overweeningly
  • patronize
  • patronizing
  • pomposity
  • swollen-headed
  • talk down tosomeone
  • think the (whole) world revolves aroundyouidiom
  • throwyourweight aroundidiom
  • tin god
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(Definition ofvaingloriousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvainglorious

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What should be concise historical arguments become sprawling historiographical narratives andvaingloriousdisplays of learning.
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That is notvaingloriousboasting, it is a statement of cold, sober fact.
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It is certainly not an hour in which we should indulge in anyvaingloriousboastings.
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The common pattern has beenvainglorioustitles and a steady dribble of concessions to wealth.
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I recommend thisvainglorious, empty production to anyone who has not yet seen it.
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I need hardly say that none of these people plead for publicity with any idea of selfish orvaingloriousadvertisement of their relations and friends.
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However, we are in no position to bevainglorious.
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If they do not do it, then all their speeches are so muchvaingloriousvote catching, and they will be denouncing themselves to their own constituents as humbugs.
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It was not avaingloriousenthusiasm.
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It was a strategic,vaingloriousmotive.
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Canute was not avaingloriousand conceited man.
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The spirit of these men is proud and springs from a consciousness that they are fighting not for somevaingloriousvictory but for simple social justice.
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One unsympathetic courtier calls him avaingloriouscoxcomb though not to his face.
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In this case, he objected to his portrayal as avaingloriouscoward and to the imitation of his voice.
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It is a most just retribution against thatvainglorious, war-liking nation.
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