- 1/ˈvænəti/虛榮(心);(美式)浴室洗手台
Vanity is too much pride in your own looks, abilities, or achievements — caring more about how impressive you seem than is healthy. In American English, 'vanity' can also mean a piece of bathroom furniture with a sink built into a counter and cabinet below.
示範例句 · Example
Her vanity would not let her walk past a mirror without looking in it.
逐字她的虛榮不會讓她經過一面鏡子而不看它一眼。
常見搭配
pure vanity
純粹是虛榮
nothing more than too much concern about how you look
Skipping the hat in the rain was pure vanity.
out of vanity
出於虛榮
because of too much pride in your appearance
She dyed her hair out of vanity, not because anyone asked her to.
appeal to someone's vanity
投其虛榮、拍馬屁
to get what you want by praising how someone looks or how important they are
The salesman appealed to his vanity by saying the jacket made him look ten years younger.
flatter someone's vanity
滿足某人的虛榮心
to say things that make someone feel good about themselves in a way they enjoy too much
The applause flattered his vanity more than he liked to admit.
意思相近
conceitself-lovearrogancenarcissismegotism
core核心畫面
組成From Latin 'vanus,' meaning empty — vanity is originally 'empty pride.'
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意思相近
conceitself-lovearrogancenarcissismegotism
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Vanityname
- 1
A female given name.
- But alumni and choir volunteer Vanity Brown says when they returned, Ms. Stevenson was told she wouldn't be allowed in the classroom for at least 120 days.
- Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Vanity Johnson polishes safety light covers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71).
vanitynoun/ˈvænɪti/
- 1
That which is vain, futile, or worthless; that which is of no value, use or profit.
- Then I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me and why then was I more wise? Then I said in my heart that this is also vanity. / For there is no more remembrance of the wise than the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
- 2
Excessive pride in or admiration of one's own abilities, appearance, achievements, or possessions.
- To make a man in love with you gives an instant hold on his vanity; and with that, you can do any thing. Vanity is the real lever with which Archimedes said he could move the earth; so, try what you can effect with Sir Robert.
- It's not vanity, to me, it's my sanity
- 3
A dressing table used to apply makeup, preen, and coif hair, in which the table is normally quite low and similar to a desk.
- She was sitting in front of her vanity, brushing out her hair.
- 4
A washbasin installed into a permanently fixed storage unit, used as an item of bathroom furniture.
- 5
obsoleteAny idea, theory or statement that is without foundation.
- It is a vanity to say that if two stones are dropped from a tower, the heavier will experience the greater acceleration.
- To help the matter, the alchemists call in likewise many vanities out of astrology.
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