vanities

英 [ˈvænɪtiz]

美 [ˈvænətiz]

n.  自负; 自大; 虚荣; 虚荣心; (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小，无所谓，不重要; 自负的行为; 虚荣的态度; 过分的骄傲
vanity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 虚荣(心);自负
  If you refer to someone'svanity, you are critical of them because they take great pride in their appearance or abilities.
  1. Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity...
     使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
  2. With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
     由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟，我以为他可能爱上了我。

双语例句

• In spite of her small vanities, Margaret had a sweet and pious nature.
  玛格丽特尽管有些小小的虚荣心，天性却很温柔纯洁。
• Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
  耶和华说，他们为什么以雕刻的偶像和外邦虚无的神惹我发怒呢。
• I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
  我恨恶那信奉虚无之神的人。我却倚靠耶和华。
• They renounce the world, towns, sensualities, pleasures, vanities, pride, interests.
  他们放弃社交、城市、感官的享受、快乐、虚荣、傲气和利益。
• There are some good books written on the topic, such as Liar's Poker and Bonfire of the Vanities.
  关于这个题目有一些好书，比如《说谎者的扑克牌》和《虚荣的篝火》。
• Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain?
  外邦人虚无的神中有能降雨的吗。
• Try to put vanities, bath temperature water, such as water turbidity found to water until the clear-up.
  要试放面盆、浴缸的冷热水，如发现水质混浊，须放水，直到水清为止。
• Jane had been his boss too many years for him to play to her vanities.
  简当马洛伊的老板很多年了，马洛伊已经不需要刻意奉承她。
• This is why, despite the best efforts of the administration to set alight again the bonfire of credit vanities, there will be a return to thrift, driven as much by weak credit demand as impaired supply of it.
  这也说明了，为何任凭奥巴马政府尽最大努力重燃信贷“虚荣的篝火”，但在信贷需求疲弱和信贷供应受到削弱的双重驱动下，美国人仍将回归节俭。
• But in the next century we'll BE able to alter our DNA radically, encoding our visions and vanities while concocting new life-f0rms.
  但在下个世纪，我们将能从根本上改变我们的DNA，即在制造新的生命形式时对自己的理智和情感进行编码。