单词乎

pompous

音标['pɒmpәs]

汉语翻译

a. 爱炫耀的, 虚夸的, 盛大的

词型变化

副词:pompously 名词:pomposity 

英语解释

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

例句

  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。

详细解释


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)

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