Word · Frequency #37673

vainglorious

/ˌveinˈglɒːriəs/

adjective

虚荣自负的；自命不凡的

核心释义

Possessing excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.

过度虚荣或无端骄傲的。；自以为了不起的；自负的；虚荣心强的

His vainglorious speech annoyed everyone at the meeting.

他在会上虚荣自负的发言惹恼了大家。

用法提示：vainglorious 作定语修饰 speech，表示“虚荣自负的”。

After winning the award, she became vainglorious and ignored her old friends.

获奖之后，她变得虚荣自负，不再理睬老朋友。

用法提示：vainglorious 作表语，与 became 连用，表示“变得虚荣自负的”。

He was too vainglorious to admit that the idea came from his colleague.

他过于虚荣自负，不肯承认这个主意来自同事。

用法提示：vainglorious 作表语，构成 too...to... 结构，表示“过于虚荣自负而不肯…”。

作定语置于名词前，带贬义，指过度虚荣或自视过高。

The memoirs paint him as a vainglorious man obsessed with his own legend.

回忆录把他描绘成一个痴迷于自身传奇的虚荣自负的人。

作表语，常用于系动词后，描述人的言辞或态度。