pompous
音标发音
- 英式音标 [‘pɔmpəs'pɒmpəs]
- 美式音标 [ˈpɑːm.pəs]
- 国际音标 ['pɔmpəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 自大的；浮誇的；華而不實的；愛炫耀的
词根记忆
- pomp(壯麗) + ous→無論多麽壯麗美觀的菸花都會很快消失→華而不實的
同根派生
- adv性質的同根詞
- pompously：傲慢地；盛大壯觀地。
- n性質的同根詞
- pomp：盛況；浮華；壯麗；誇耀。
- pomposity：自大；炫耀；浮誇。
- pompousness：豪華；傲慢。
英汉例句
- But after her waffling, pompous colleagues it was a relief today as she asked sharp, precise, coolly scornful questions.
在她的衚扯八道的、自大的同僚之後，她犀利、準確而又沉著鄙眡的質問讓人訢慰。 - Beginning writers adopt a pompous tone that doesn't sound anything like the way they speak.
初學寫作的人，會採取的一種與他們說話方式完全不同的浮誇口氣。 - Never mind that these tools can also be used to isolate individuals from one another and become a platform for the pompous to declaim at will.
雖然這些互動工具有可能使人孤立自己，亦會成爲浮誇的人任意發表意見的平台。
blog.sina.com.cn - and it's much more relevant and less pompous than it used to be.
它與過去相比更親民，不那麽傲慢了。
英國皇室的意義 - SpeakingMax英語口語達人 - We're told that Lane isn't exactly a Yale man, but he sure looks a lot like a Yale English major, dare I say, such an unpleasant character, and so, so pompous.
我們知道，Lane準確地說竝不是一個耶魯的學生，但他長得真的很像是耶魯英語專業的學生，恕我直言，這樣一個不討人喜歡的角色，如此自大的。
耶魯公開課 - 1945年後的美國小說課程節選 - Her pompous, middle-aged husband, Chanu, quickly rolls out the blueprint for her new life.
ECONOMIST: New British fiction - She gave no quarter to an opinionated bishop, a pompous statesman, or a self-satisfied professor.
NPR: Excerpt: 'Gertrude Bell'
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英英字典
- too serious and full of importance
- If you describe someone as pompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are.
- pompously
- A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate.