pompous

英 [ˈpɒmpəs]

美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]

adj.  虚华的; 言辞浮夸的

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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

• 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。