early 15c., from vainglory + -ous, or from Old French vain glorios "boastful, swaggering." Related: Vaingloriously; vaingloriousness. Groce ("Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," 3rd ed., 1796) has vain-glorious man "One who boasts without reason, or, as the canters say, pisses more than he drinks."
双语例句
1. She is a vainglorious woman.
她是个爱虚荣的女性.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
2. Behind the words, at once self - pitying and vainglorious , the merits of the case were overwhelming.
在那些既是顾影自怜而又 自命不凡 的字眼后面, 事情本身的是非曲直是无可争辩的.
来自辞典例句
3. Gal.5:26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
加五26不要贪图虚荣,彼此惹气, 互相嫉妒.
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英英释意
1. feeling self-importance;
"too big for his britches"
"had a swelled head"
"he was swelled with pride"
实用场景例句
She is a vainglorious woman.
她是个爱虚荣的女性.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Gal.5:26 Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.
