vanity

英 [ˈvænəti] 美['vænəti]
  • n. 虚荣心;空虚;浮华;无价值的东西

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词态变化


复数: vanities;

中文词源


vanity 自负

来自vain,自负的,虚无的,徒劳的,词源同vainglory.

英英释意


1. feelings of excessive pride
2. the quality of being valueless or futile;
"he rejected the vanities of the world"
3. the trait of being vain and conceited
4. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

英文词源


vanity
vanity: see vain
vanity (n.)
c. 1200, "that which is vain, futile, or worthless," from Old French vanite "self-conceit; futility; lack of resolve" (12c.), from Latin vanitatem (nominative vanitas) "emptiness, aimlessness; falsity," figuratively "vainglory, foolish pride," from vanus "empty, vain, idle" (see vain). Meaning "self-conceited" in English is attested from mid-14c. Vanity table is attested from 1936. Vanity Fair is from "Pilgrim's Progress" (1678).

考试真题


Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can’t afford not to.

出自-2013年考研阅读原文

Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainability when they can't afford not to.

2013年考研真题(英语一)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

实用场景例句


She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance) .
她对自己的相貌毫不自负。

牛津词典

the vanity of human ambition in the face of death
个人抱负在死亡面前的微不足道

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Politics is too often concerned only with the personal vanities of politicians.
政治常常仅与政界人士的个人虚荣有关。

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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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

But vanity was stronger.
可是,虚荣心毕竟更有力量.

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Her sarcasm wounded his vanity.
她挖苦的语言刺伤了他的虚荣心.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

Normal coning is less a treatment for infertility than a treatment for vanity.
正常的克隆不是为了治疗不孕,到是满足了虚荣.

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It evidently pained his vanity to be beholden to the orphan for succor.
显然,向一个孤儿的救济表示感谢,伤到了他的虚荣心.

辞典例句

The woman is always feeling after vanity.
这女人一贯追求虚荣.

《简明英汉词典》

He paused, waving his hand to signify the vanity of the more that might be said.
他停顿下来, 挥舞着手,使他的话显得更加虚无飘渺.

辞典例句

His handsome appearance feeds into his vanity.
英俊的外表满足了他的虚荣心.

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His vanity increased with years.
他的虚荣心随着年龄增长而增加.

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Vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.
把虚荣加在一个智力薄弱的人的头上,是会发生各种危险的.

辞典例句

I say this without vanity.
我这样说并不是虚夸.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I say that this also is vanity.
我说,这也是虚空.

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Vanity can never be completely dissociated in high office from the perception of national interest.
一个身居高位的人,他的虚荣心从来不能同他对国家利益的认识完全分开.

辞典例句

There is no vanity in that.
这和自负没有关系.

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This young gentleman had fired his inclination as much as he had my vanity.
这位年轻公子不仅引起我的虚荣心,而且也激动了他自己的情欲.

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Before the advent of male vanity , the local barbershop used to be a regaling hotspot.
在男士们的还没有虚荣心以前, 当地的理发店曾是一个令人愉快的热闹地儿.

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I have done so from necessity, I assure you, and not from vanity.
我是不得已才这样做的, 老实说, 并非出自虚荣.

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Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help passing by in a beautiful vessel.
随后,爱决定向乘坐着漂亮巨轮的虚荣求助,爱护喊道:“虚荣,请救救我! ”

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Vanity is the great flaw in the character of many women.
爱慕虚荣是很多女性性格中的重大缺陷.

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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher , vanity of vanities ; all is vanity.
传道者说, 虚空的虚空, 虚空 的虚空.凡事都是虚空.

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I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat, Vanity answered.
爱情啊,我不能帮你. 你全身都湿了会把我的船弄脏的.

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The girl's vanity surprised me.
这个女孩子的虚荣心使我吃惊.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Vanity and virtue do not go together.
虚荣与美德不是共生物.

《简明英汉词典》

A vanity press published his novel but only a few copies were sold.
一家由作者自负出版费用的出版社出版了他的小说,但仅卖出了几本.

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They are vanity, the work of errors : in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
都是虚无的, 是迷惑人的工作,到追讨的时候,必被除灭.

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