Word
grandiosity
/ˌgrændiˈɒsiti/
noun
自大；浮夸；自命不凡
The state of being grandiose; pompousness or pretentiousness.
- 1.
The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
浮夸；自命不凡。
浮夸；自命不凡。；宏伟；夸张；[医] 夸大
In use
The grandiosity of his claims made everyone doubt his sincerity.
She was annoyed by the grandiosity of the ceremony's decorations.
His speech was full of grandiosity, lacking any real substance.
the grandiosity of [noun]
用于强调某事物的夸张或宏大特征。
The grandiosity of the architecture was overwhelming.
这座建筑的宏伟令人叹为观止。
with grandiosity
表示以夸张或自负的方式做某事。
He spoke with grandiosity, using elaborate metaphors.
他说话浮夸，使用了复杂的比喻。
Common mistakes
She has a grandiosity imagination.She has a grandiose imagination.
grandiosity 是名词，不能直接修饰名词。应使用形容词 grandiose。
The grandiosity of the mountains took my breath away.The grandeur of the mountains took my breath away.
grandiosity 通常指夸大的、浮夸的，含有贬义，用于形容自然景观应使用 grandeur 表示宏伟壮丽。
Connections
Confusing words
- grandeur
- 宏伟，壮观 · Grandiosity 侧重夸张和浮夸，而 grandeur 侧重宏伟和壮丽。
- grandiloquence
- 夸张，浮夸 · Grandiosity 更常指自大或夸大的行为或风格，而 grandiloquence 特指用词华丽、浮夸的语言。
Word family
- grandiose
- 浮夸的；宏伟的 · adjective
- grandiosely
- 浮夸地；盛大地 · adverb
- grandioseness
- 浮夸；宏伟；堂皇 · noun
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.