pomposity
英 [pɒm'pɒsɪtɪ] 美
| 近义词 | exaggeration 、 snobbery 、 air 、 vanity 、 pretense | ||
|---|---|---|---|
- n. 自大；炫耀；浮夸
词态变化
复数: pomposities;副词: pompously;形容词: pompous;
中文词源
pomposity 浮华，浮夸
来自pompous,浮化的，浮夸的。
英文词源
- pomposity (n.)
- early 15c., "pomp, solemnity," from Medieval Latin pompositas, from Late Latin pomposus "stately, pompous" (see pompous). The sense of "ostentatious display" is from 1610s; earlier in French pomposité.
双语例句
- 1. The TV show had the whiff of hypocrisy and pomposity.
- 这个电视节目有些伪善和夸耀的嫌疑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He hated pomposity and disliked being called a genius.
- 他憎恶自负的作派，而且不喜欢被称为天才。
来自辞典例句
- 3. Nothing could deflate his ego / pomposity , ie make him less self - assured or pompous.
- 任何事都不能削弱他的自信心[气焰].
来自辞典例句
- 4. Pomposity was a feature of Mark from a very tender age.
- 马克在幼年时就表现得很没有礼貌.
来自辞典例句
- 5. She answered pomposity with irony and dominated conversations by her personality and shrewd psychology.
- 对于虚夸自负她用的是反唇相讥,她以她的人品和机敏的心理来控制同人家谈话的进程.
来自辞典例句