[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]虚荣(心);自负 If you refer to someone's vanity, you are critical of them because they take great pride in their appearance or abilities.
[also N in pl]
[disapproval]
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。
Oxford
van·ity/ˈvænəti; NAmEˈvænəti/noun(pluralvan·ities)1[uncountable ]( disapproving) too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements 自负;自大;虚荣;虚荣心◆She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance).她对自己的相貌毫不自负。☞see also
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2[uncountable ]( literary) the quality of being unimportant, especially compared with other things that are important (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小,无所谓,不重要◆the vanity of human ambition in the face of death个人抱负在死亡面前的微不足道3vanities[plural ]behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity自负的行为;虚荣的态度;过分的骄傲◆Politics is too often concerned only with the personal vanities of politicians.政治常常仅与政界人士的个人虚荣有关。4(alsoˈvanity table)[countable ]( NAmE) =
1[uncountable] too much pride in yourself, so that you are always thinking about yourself and your appearance: Sabrina had none of the vanity so often associated with beautiful women.2[countable] (also vanity table) a dressing table3the vanity of something literary the lack of importance of something compared to other things that are much more important
WDF
vanity
[ˈvænəti]
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虚荣心(78%),自负(11%),浮华(9%),无价值的东西(2%)
n.虚荣心;空虚;浮华;无价值的东西
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