pompous
英 [ˈpɒmpəs]
美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]
adj. 虚华的; 言辞浮夸的
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- a pompous official
自负的官员
- a pompous official
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.- He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
他有点自大,自视甚高。
- He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
- ADJ-GRADED 盛大的;壮观的
Apompousbuilding or ceremony is very grand and elaborate.- The service was grand without being pompous.
仪式场面宏大,却不浮华。
- The service was grand without being pompous.
双语例句
- He is just full of wind, the pompous fool!
他空话连篇,是个自负的蠢材! - He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance.
他外表虽傲慢,其实是个好人。 - 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。 - To speak in a formal, pompous manner.
演说以正式的、自负的方式讲话。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。