pompous

英 [ˈpɒmpəs]

美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]

adj.  虚华的; 言辞浮夸的

IELTSGRETEM8

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

• 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。
• My pompous British teacher says all Americans are stupid.
  我那个自大的英国老师说所美国人都很愚蠢。
• To speak in a formal, pompous manner.
  演说以正式的、自负的方式讲话。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• Mr Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man.
  柯林斯先生是个自高自大，喜爱炫耀、心胸狭窄的蠢汉。
• 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。
• 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。
• You should be modest rather than pompous.
  你应谦虚而非自大。