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Pompous 考法 Adj.浮夸的 Excessively Elevated Ornate 例】The Candidate

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【考法 1 】adj.浮夸的: excessively elevated or ornate
【例】The candidate was given to windy rhetorical speeches.听众们听了一场冗长而浮夸的演讲。
【近】affected, bombastic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, rhetorical, sonorous
【反】homely 朴素的
【考法 2】adj.傲慢的: having or exhibiting self-importance
【例】a pompous politician who insisted on boarding the plane first 一个坚持要求优先登机的傲慢政客
【近】arrogant, egocentric, haughty, pontifical, presumptuous, supercilious
【反】humble, modest, unpretentious 谦逊的

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