pompous

英 [ˈpɒmpəs] 美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]

adj.  虚华的; 言辞浮夸的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11603 / COCA.17023



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 虚华的;言辞浮夸的
    showing that you think you are more important than other people, especially by using long and formal words
    1. a pompous official
      自负的官员

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 自负的;自命不凡的
    If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are.
    1. He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
      他有点自大,自视甚高。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 盛大的;壮观的
    A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate.
    1. The service was grand without being pompous.
      仪式场面宏大,却不浮华。

双语例句

  1. He was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass.
    他常不招人待见,而且被看作是个自负的大傻帽儿。
  2. He came over well — perhaps a little pompous, but nevertheless honest and straightforward.
    他给人的印象很好,可能显得有点自大,不过还是很诚实和直率。
  3. The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose
    他笔下的公文矫揉浮华,长篇大论。
  4. The service was grand without being pompous.
    仪式场面宏大,却不浮华。
  5. What a load of pompous, pseudo-intellectual rot
    真是自命不凡的伪知识分子的一派胡言!
  6. In a chapter he regards Edward Gibbon and Samuel Johnsons style as pompous.
    在某一章,他认为爱德华吉布森和萨缪尔约翰逊的风格是非常浮华的。
  7. God gave humankind many gifts, but its pretty pompous to assume that youre one of them.
    上帝给予了人们许多礼物,但要是你觉得自己就是其中之一,就不只是一点点的浮夸了。
  8. It may sound pompous, he said, but I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.
    听起来或许很傲慢,但是我宁愿站着死也不愿意跪着活。
  9. He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance.
    他外表虽傲慢,其实是个好人。
  10. My pompous British teacher says all Americans are stupid.
    我那个自大的英国老师说所美国人都很愚蠢。
  11. You could become pompous or mystical when you are in over your head.
    当你沉浸在自己的世界里是会变成自负的或神秘的。
  12. Anything I say now is bound to sound pompous.
    现在我说的任何话听起来一定是很浮夸的。
  13. You should be modest rather than pompous.
    你应谦虚而非自大。
  14. This missile is pompous grandstanding by a very small man.
    这枚导弹是这个小个子男人的雄伟的外表。
  15. The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician.
    人们常常发现一位离了职的首相当年只不过是个大言不惭的演说家。
  16. He appears pompous but he is a good man underneath.
    他表面看来傲慢,但骨子是个好人。
  17. 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。
  18. Mr Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man.
    柯林斯先生是个自高自大,喜爱炫耀、心胸狭窄的蠢汉。
  19. He is a harsh man, at once pompous and officious.
    他是个严酷的人,既自负又爱管闲事。
  20. Pompous or bombastic speech or expression. The characters in this novel are rather overdrawn.
    夸张,大言不惭虚夸的或浮夸的话语或表述这本小说中的人物描写得有些夸张。
  21. He is just full of wind, the pompous fool!
    他空话连篇,是个自负的蠢材!
  22. Cogsworth: you most certainly did not, you pompous pea-brain!
    老克斯维斯:才不是你说的呢,你这个爱炫耀的笨蛋!
  23. He sounded pompous and faggy to them.
    他们都觉得他像个爱炫耀的娘娘腔。
  24. He can be self-righteous, pompous and annoying, but.
    他自以为是、浮华、恼人。
  25. To speak in a formal, pompous manner.
    演说以正式的、自负的方式讲话。
  26. He saw behind his patient's pompous manner and arrogant pride an anxiety that he could not dispel.
    他发现病人的自负夸张和傲慢自大掩盖着一种无法摆脱的焦虑心情。
  27. Incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists.
    专门人员使用的不可理解的或者炫耀的行话。
  28. It's a pompous shack, just like him.
    有点华而不实,和他一样。
  29. Because the bread and wine were not physically transformed into Christ's body and blood, there was no need for spurious ceremonies and pompous rituals.
    因为饼与酒没有在实际上转化成基督的身体和血,虚假的典礼和浮夸的仪式就可以免了。
  30. Shut up, he told himself. you're getting awfully pompous.
    住口,他对自己说。你变得夸夸其谈了。