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pompous adj.傲慢的；自大的；浮华的 (1) 他可是个正人君子，虽然有时略显得傲慢了些。(2) 他是个自命不凡的官员。(3) 我们应该谦虚，不应该自大。(4) 学生不喜欢听自命不凡的教师对他们夸夸其谈。 Today we associate the adjective pompous with self-important jerks. But it's actually derived from the Old French pompeux, which meant “stately." And that's why you can also use pompous to describe something with a lot of ceremonial or stately display — in other words, something surrounded by "pomp and circumstance."

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英 ['pɒmpəs] 美 ['pɑːmpəs] (1) He's a real gentleman, if a little pompous at times.(2) He is a pompous official.(3) We should be modest, not be pompous.(4) Children dislike being spouted at by pompous teachers. A pompous person is arrogant or conceited. He'll walk into a party with an inflated ego, ready to tell anyone who will listen that "I'm kind of a big deal." 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]自负的；自命不凡的 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.   [disapproval]He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.他有点自大，自视甚高。pompouslyRobin said pompously that he had an important business appointment.罗宾傲慢地说他有一个重要的工作约会。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]盛大的；壮观的 A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate. The service was grand without being pompous.仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。

英语单词	pompous
英美音标	英 ['pɒmpəs] 美 ['pɑːmpəs]
中文释义	adj.傲慢的；自大的；浮华的
英语例句	(1) He's a real gentleman, if a little pompous at times. (2) He is a pompous official. (3) We should be modest, not be pompous. (4) Children dislike being spouted at by pompous teachers.
中文例句	(1) 他可是个正人君子，虽然有时略显得傲慢了些。 (2) 他是个自命不凡的官员。 (3) 我们应该谦虚，不应该自大。 (4) 学生不喜欢听自命不凡的教师对他们夸夸其谈。
vocabulary简明	A pompous person is arrogant or conceited. He'll walk into a party with an inflated ego, ready to tell anyone who will listen that "I'm kind of a big deal."
vocabulary扩展	Today we associate the adjective pompous with self-important jerks. But it's actually derived from the Old French pompeux, which meant “stately." And that's why you can also use pompous to describe something with a lot of ceremonial or stately display — in other words, something surrounded by "pomp and circumstance."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]自负的；自命不凡的 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. [disapproval] He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 pompously Robin said pompously that he had an important business appointment. 罗宾傲慢地说他有一个重要的工作约会。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]盛大的；壮观的 A pompous building or ceremony is very grand and elaborate. The service was grand without being pompous. 仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。

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