vainglorious

英 [ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːriəs]

美 [ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːriəs]

adj.  自负的; 自命不凡的; 自吹自擂的

BNC.37673 / COCA.37846

牛津词典

adj.

• 自负的；自命不凡的；自吹自擂的
  too proud of your own abilities or achievements

柯林斯词典

• 非常自负的;自命不凡的
  If you describe someone asvainglorious, you are critical of them because they are very proud of what they have done and boast a lot about it.

英英释义

adj

• feeling self-importance
  1. too big for his britches
  2. had a swelled head
  3. he was swelled with pride
  Synonym:bigswelled

双语例句

• You'd surely go for his first-rate brain, though you might pass on what his detractors consider the vainglorious temperament that comes bundled with it.
  你必定对那颗聪明脑袋佩服得紧，尽管你也可能会像那些他的批评者那样认为与这种聪明相伴的不过是他本人的一些虚荣想法罢了。
• Not only does this reenforce commendable actions, but it also mollifies the negative feedback which may come later. Behind the words, at once self-pitying and vainglorious, the merits of the case were overwhelming.
  并不仅仅因为事情本身值得赞扬，同时这样也能减轻一些以后可能出现的负面反应。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。
• On the other hand, Benjamin Netanyahu may well prove vainglorious and reckless enough to overrule them.
  另一方面，本杰明内塔尼亚胡（benjaminnetanyahu）可能会非常自负而轻率地忽视他们的态度。
• They collapse standards and offer a vainglorious travesty of a cultural experience to a paying public.
  它们破坏了标准，并给付费公众带来了对文化体验的虚荣模仿。
• Make no vainglorious boasts, I beg you.
  我恳求莫要在说些不敬的吹捧了。
• She is a vainglorious woman.
  她是个爱虚荣的女性。
• He was silent for a minute, casting about for the least vainglorious way in which to express himself.
  他沉默了一会儿，想找到个最不虚荣的方式表达自己的意思。
• A vainglorious estimate of his ability.
  他对自己的能力作过高的估计。
• Few vainglorious governors will now want to cut off credit to a half-finished project.
  没有几个虚荣心强的省长现在愿意对建设到一半的项目切断信贷。