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vanity n.虚荣(心)；自负 If you pride yourself on looking absolutely perfect and refuse to do any work that might dirty your clothes or mess up your hair, someone might accuse you of vanity. Often vanity is empty, like the emperor’s in The Emperor's New Clothes. If someone pays to have her own book published even though it’s really bad, we say it is a vanity printing. ★☆☆☆☆ 2013.1

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['væniti] Vanity is the quality of being vain, or having a ridiculous amount of pride. If you have excessive vanity in your appearance, you probably spend long hours sitting at your vanity table doing your makeup or plucking your nose hairs. Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can’t afford to it. 1[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。

英语单词	vanity
英美音标	['væniti]
中文释义	n.虚荣(心)；自负
vocab简明	Vanity is the quality of being vain, or having a ridiculous amount of pride. If you have excessive vanity in your appearance, you probably spend long hours sitting at your vanity table doing your makeup or plucking your nose hairs.
vocab扩展	If you pride yourself on looking absolutely perfect and refuse to do any work that might dirty your clothes or mess up your hair, someone might accuse you of vanity. Often vanity is empty, like the emperor’s in The Emperor's New Clothes. If someone pays to have her own book published even though it’s really bad, we say it is a vanity printing.
真题原句	Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can’t afford to it.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [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。
来源	2013.1

Vanity Pride Væniti N.虚荣(心)；自负 Quality Vain Ridiculous Amount