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；浮夸的；华而不实的；爱炫耀的
词根记忆
- pomp(壮丽) + ous→无论多么壮丽美观的烟花都会很快消失→华而不实的
同根派生
- adv性质的同根词
- pompously：傲慢地；盛大壮观地。
- n性质的同根词
- pomp：盛况；浮华；壮丽；夸耀。
- pomposity：自大；炫耀；浮夸。
- pompousness：豪华；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.
在她的胡扯八道的、自大的同僚之后，她犀利、准确而又沉着鄙视的质问让人欣慰。 - Beginning writers adopt a pompous tone that doesn't sound anything like the way they speak.
初学写作的人，会采取的一种与他们说话方式完全不同的浮夸口气。 - 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.
虽然这些互动工具有可能使人孤立自己，亦会成为浮夸的人任意发表意见的平台。
blog.sina.com.cn - and it's much more relevant and less pompous than it used to be.
它与过去相比更亲民，不那么傲慢了。
英国皇室的意义 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人 - 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.
我们知道，Lane准确地说并不是一个耶鲁的学生，但他长得真的很像是耶鲁英语专业的学生，恕我直言，这样一个不讨人喜欢的角色，如此自大的。
耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选 - 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.