pompous

形容词 pompous:

1. puffed up with vanity- Newsweek
   同义词：grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous
2. characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
   同义词：ceremonious

1. He's a real gentleman, if a little pompous at times.
   他可是个正人君子，虽然有时略显得傲慢了些。
2. He spoke with pompous exactitude.
   他以自视绝对正确的口吻说话。
3. He's rather pompous.' Isn't he just?(ie He certainly is!)'
   ｀他有点儿傲气.＇｀可不是吗!＇
4. He's just full of wind, the pompous fool!
   他空话连篇，是个自负的蠢材！
5. Children dislike being spouted at by pompous teachers.
   学生不喜欢听自命不凡的教师对他们夸夸其谈。
6. He is a pompous official.
   他是个自命不凡的官员。
7. We should be modest, not be pompous.
   我们应该谦虚，不应该自大。

pom.pous

adj.（形容词）
Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious:
爱炫耀的，自负的：以过度的自尊或夸大的尊严为特征的；爱炫耀的：
例句：
pompous officials who enjoy giving orders.
喜欢发号施令的自命不凡的军官

Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic:
浮华的，虚夸的：满是高调的短语的；夸大的：
例句：
a pompous proclamation.
一个夸大其词的公告

Characterized by pomp or stately display; ceremonious:
壮观的；盛大的：具有壮观或庄严特征的；盛大的：
例句：
a pompous occasion.
一个盛大的场面

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French pompeux
源自 古法语 pompeux
from Late Latin pompôsus
源自 后期拉丁语 pompôsus
from Latin pompa [pomp] * see pomp
源自 拉丁语 pompa [壮观] *参见 pomp

【引伸】
pompos.ity
pom.pously
adv.（副词）