pompous

英 [ˈpɒmpəs]

美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]

adj.  虚华的; 言辞浮夸的

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11603 / COCA.17023

牛津词典

adj.

• 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

• ADJ-GRADED 自负的；自命不凡的
  If you describe someone aspompous, 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 盛大的；壮观的
  Apompousbuilding 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

• You should be modest rather than pompous.
  你应谦虚而非自大。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance.
  他外表虽傲慢，其实是个好人。
• He appears pompous but he is a good man underneath.
  他表面看来傲慢，但骨子是个好人。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The service was grand without being pompous.
  仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。
• 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。