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 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。 - He can be self-righteous, pompous and annoying, but.
他自以为是、浮华、恼人。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance.
他外表虽傲慢,其实是个好人。 - It's a pompous shack, just like him.
有点华而不实,和他一样。 - 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! - 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。 - 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。