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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It may sound pompous, he said, but I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.
  听起来或许很傲慢，但是我宁愿站着死也不愿意跪着活。
• 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。
• 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。
• The service was grand without being pompous.
  仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。
• Because the bread and wine were not physically transformed into Christ's body and blood, there was no need for spurious ceremonies and pompous rituals.
  因为饼与酒没有在实际上转化成基督的身体和血，虚假的典礼和浮夸的仪式就可以免了。
• 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。