pompous

英 [ˈpɒmpəs]

美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]

adj.  虚华的; 言辞浮夸的

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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

• God gave humankind many gifts, but its pretty pompous to assume that youre one of them.
  上帝给予了人们许多礼物，但要是你觉得自己就是其中之一，就不只是一点点的浮夸了。
• 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。
• You should be modest rather than pompous.
  你应谦虚而非自大。
• He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance.
  他外表虽傲慢，其实是个好人。
• 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。
• 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。
• To speak in a formal, pompous manner.
  演说以正式的、自负的方式讲话。
• 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。
• 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！