vanity

英 [ˈvænəti]

美 [ˈvænəti]

n. 自负; 自大; 虚荣; 虚荣心; (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小，无所谓，不重要; 自负的行为; 虚荣的态度; 过分的骄傲

复数：vanities　

Collins.1 / BNC.9956 / COCA.9493

牛津词典

noun

自负；自大；虚荣；虚荣心
too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements
1. She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance) .
  她对自己的相貌毫不自负。
（尤指与其他重大事物相比）渺小，无所谓，不重要
the quality of being unimportant, especially compared with other things that are important
1. the vanity of human ambition in the face of death
  个人抱负在死亡面前的微不足道
自负的行为；虚荣的态度；过分的骄傲
behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity
自负的行为；虚荣的态度；过分的骄傲
behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity

noun

low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
Synonym:dressing tabledressertoilet table
the trait of being unduly vain and conceited
Synonym:conceitconceitedness
the quality of being valueless or futile
1. he rejected the vanities of the world
Synonym:emptiness
feelings of excessive pride
Synonym:amour propreconceitself-love

My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight.
我的诗人的虚荣心，在你的容光中羞死。
You have seen with your own eyes how my mother was filled with craving and vanity.
你亲眼见到了我的母亲充满了欲望和空虚。
Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity
使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟，我以为他可能爱上了我。
Her refusal to cooperate with him was a wound to his vanity.
她拒绝与他合作是对他虚荣心的伤害。
It had corrective effect on my vanity.
它对我的虚荣心起了缓解效果。
Vanity and virtue do not go together.
虚荣与美德不是共生物。
Lester smiled at her vanity and love of show.
莱斯特笑她爱慕虚荣。
This success flattered my vanity.
这一成功，满足了我的虚荣心。
But humanity's so-called "civil societies" soon fell victim to vanity and corruption.
但人类所谓的文明社会很快就变成了虚荣和腐败的牺牲品。