vainglorious

英 [,veɪn'ɡlɔːrɪəs] 美
  • adj. 虚荣心强的;非常自负的

中文词源


vainglorious 自命不凡的

vain,虚无的,glory,辉煌。引申词义自命不凡的。

英文词源


vainglorious
vainglorious: see glory
vainglorious (adj.)
early 15c., from vainglory + -ous, or from Old French vain glorios "boastful, swaggering." Related: Vaingloriously; vaingloriousness. Groce ("Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 3rd ed., 1796) has vain-glorious man "One who boasts without reason, or, as the canters say, pisses more than he drinks."

双语例句


1. She is a vainglorious woman.
她是个爱虚荣的女性.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. Behind the words, at once self - pitying and vainglorious , the merits of the case were overwhelming.
在那些既是顾影自怜而又 自命不凡 的字眼后面, 事情本身的是非曲直是无可争辩的.

来自辞典例句

3. Gal.5:26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
加五26不要贪图虚荣,彼此惹气, 互相嫉妒.

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