vanity

英 [ˈvænəti] 美 [ˈvænəti]

n.  自负; 自大; 虚荣; 虚荣心; (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小,无所谓,不重要; 自负的行为; 虚荣的态度; 过分的骄傲

复数:vanities

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牛津词典

noun

  1. 自负;自大;虚荣;虚荣心
    too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements
    1. She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance) .
      她对自己的相貌毫不自负。
  2. (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小,无所谓,不重要
    the quality of being unimportant, especially compared with other things that are important
    1. the vanity of human ambition in the face of death
      个人抱负在死亡面前的微不足道
  3. 自负的行为;虚荣的态度;过分的骄傲
    behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity
    1. 自负的行为;虚荣的态度;过分的骄傲
      behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity

      柯林斯词典

      1. N-UNCOUNT 虚荣(心);自负
        If you refer to someone's vanity, you are critical of them because they take great pride in their appearance or abilities.
        1. Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity...
          使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
        2. With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
          由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟,我以为他可能爱上了我。

      双语例句

      1. Frank Deford is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.
        弗兰克·德福特是杂志《名利场》的特约编辑。
      2. He was too puffed up with his own importance, too blinded by vanity to accept their verdict on him.
        他过于骄矜自大,被虚荣心冲昏了头脑,根本不能接受他们对他的意见。
      3. I have got a lot of time for people who are prepared to put the welfare of their party above their own vanity.
        我很钦佩那些不计个人名利,以政党的利益为重的人。
      4. Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity
        使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
      5. With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
        由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟,我以为他可能爱上了我。
      6. Her sarcasm wounded his vanity.
        她挖苦的语言刺伤了他的虚荣心。
      7. I say this without vanity.
        我这样说并不是虚夸。
      8. His vanity increased with years.
        他的虚荣心随着年龄增长而变盛。
      9. Lester smiled at her vanity and love of show.
        莱斯特笑她爱慕虚荣。
      10. Vanity and virtue do not go together.
        虚荣与美德不是共生物。
      11. The woman is always feeling after vanity.
        这女人一贯追求虚荣。
      12. Her refusal to cooperate with him was a wound to his vanity.
        她拒绝与他合作是对他虚荣心的伤害。
      13. Such as vanity and pride.
        例如虚荣和傲慢就是属于这一类弱点。
      14. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
        然而我的愚蠢,并不是在恋爱方面,而是有虚荣心方面。
      15. The humble person fights against vanity and self-importance.
        谦逊的人会与虚荣和自大做斗争。
      16. But humanity's so-called "civil societies" soon fell victim to vanity and corruption.
        但人类所谓的文明社会很快就变成了虚荣和腐败的牺牲品。
      17. I felt in her a powerful magnet to my interest and vanity.
        我觉得她身上有种极有威力的磁石,能够吸住我的兴趣和虚荣。
      18. I would like with you to leave the vanity of the world.
        我愿意和你离开这个浮华的世界。
      19. This success flattered my vanity.
        这一成功,满足了我的虚荣心。
      20. There is no vanity in that.
        这和自负没有关系。
      21. Still really have on rounding you for the fly, you of the vanity is satisfy!
        还真有一帮苍蝇围着你,你的虚荣心得到满足了吧!
      22. It had corrective effect on my vanity.
        它对我的虚荣心起了缓解效果。
      23. His admiration fed her vanity.
        他的赞美助长了她的虚荣。
      24. And they appealed to my vanity.
        而且他们也满足了我的虚荣心。
      25. The serialization of Vanity Fair, which was a financial success, quickly established Thackeray's literary reputation.
        《名利场》的连载,带来了经济上的成功,这也迅速奠定了萨克雷的文学声望。
      26. If I can play to his ego and vanity do all Magus have this flaw?
        如果我可以播放对他的自我和虚荣做所有魔术家有这个缺点?
      27. You have seen with your own eyes how my mother was filled with craving and vanity.
        你亲眼见到了我的母亲充满了欲望和空虚。
      28. My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight.
        我的诗人的虚荣心,在你的容光中羞死。
      29. But there were lurking reasons and doubts, besides shyness and vanity, withholding him.
        但是除了羞怯和虚荣以外,还有一些潜在的原因和疑虑牵制着他。
      30. The advertisement appeals to people's vanity.
        广告迎合了人们的虚荣心。

      英英释义

      noun

      1. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

          Synonym:    dressing tabledressertoilet table

        1. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited

            Synonym:    conceitconceitedness

          1. the quality of being valueless or futile
            1. he rejected the vanities of the world

            Synonym:    emptiness

          2. feelings of excessive pride

              Synonym:    amour propreconceitself-love