pompous
- adj.浮夸的;虚华的
最高级: most pompous 比较级: more pompous 派生词: pomposity n.;pompously adv.
pompous
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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.He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
他有点自大,自视甚高。
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Robin said pompously that he had an important business appointment.
罗宾傲慢地说他有一个重要的工作约会。
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ADJ-GRADED 盛大的;壮观的
A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate.The service was grand without being pompous.
仪式场面宏大,却不浮华。
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- puffed up with vanity
- a grandiloquent and boastful manner
- overblown oratory
- a pompous speech
- pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newswee
- Synonym: grandiloquent overblown pontifical portentous
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- characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
- Synonym: ceremonious
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It 's not his fault he 's so pompous ─ he was born that way .
他如此自命不凡并不是他的错,他天生就是这种性格。
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The service was grand without being pompous .
仪式场面宏大,却不浮华。
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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。
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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。
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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!
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He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities .
他有点自大,自视甚高
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The pompous lecturer is strutting and forth across the stage .
这个演讲者在台上趾高气扬地来回走着。
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The young official added a genuine note of emotion amid the pompous funeral orations .
这位年轻的高级官员,在冗长的葬礼演讲中加了一段充满感情的话
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these very pompous politicians , they were just like us .
那些浮夸的政治家,他们就和我们一样。
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He is a great , pompous bladder of a man .
他是个极其浮夸而且喜欢吹嘘的人。
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There 's someone with him . Mr Whatsisname , the pompous one .
还有人跟他一起那个自大的家伙?
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His idea of the art was that it involved something more pompous .
他对戏剧艺术的看法认为艺术包含着某种更为浮夸的东西。
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He appears pompous but he is a good man underneath .
他表面看来傲慢,但骨子是个好人。
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The style was too pompous and dry for a children 's book .
这种风格对于儿童书籍来说有点过于浮华生硬。
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Now , I know it 's a bit pompous , my response ,
现在,我知道有点浮夸,我的回应,
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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。
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He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance .
他外表虽傲慢,其实是个好人。
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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。
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Its philosophy was a pompous evasion of real things .
它的哲学是一种对实际的浮夸遁辞。
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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。
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The only thing you 're protecting is your pompous campaign .
你唯一想保护的东西无非是你的竞选罢了
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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。
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The new teacher was voted a pompous bore .
人们都认为这位新老师自负得令人讨厌。
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A pompous lecturer strutting back and forth across the stage ;
一个在台上趾高气扬地来回走的演讲者;
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While Pakistan was pragmatic in its approach , India was merely pompous .
巴基斯坦在方法上务实,而印度则只不过是自以为是。
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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。
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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。相像的;
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To speak in a formal , pompous manner .
演说以正式的、自负的方式讲话。
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And journalists who do not take themselves too seriously are less likely to write pompous articles .
不太自以为是的记者,不大可能写出夸大其词的文章。
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FIFA 's officials travel in private jets and put on pompous airs .
国际足联官员乘坐私人飞机旅行,颐指气使。