vanity

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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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Collins.1 / BNC.9956 / COCA.9493

牛津词典

noun

• 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。
• （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
• 自负的行为；虚荣的态度；过分的骄傲
  behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity
• 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

• N-UNCOUNT 虚荣(心);自负
  If you refer to someone'svanity, 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。

英英释义

noun

• low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
  Synonym:dressing tabledressertoilet table
• the trait of being unduly vain and conceited
  Synonym:conceitconceitedness
• the quality of being valueless or futile
  1. he rejected the vanities of the world
  Synonym:emptiness
• feelings of excessive pride
  Synonym:amour propreconceitself-love

双语例句

• 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。
• And they appealed to my vanity.
  而且他们也满足了我的虚荣心。
• 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。
• It had corrective effect on my vanity.
  它对我的虚荣心起了缓解效果。
• 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。
• 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。
• Lester smiled at her vanity and love of show.
  莱斯特笑她爱慕虚荣。
• Vanity and virtue do not go together.
  虚荣与美德不是共生物。
• 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。
• There is no vanity in that.
  这和自负没有关系。