pompous

英 [ˈpɒmpəs]

美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]

adj.  虚华的; 言辞浮夸的

IELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.11603 / COCA.17023

牛津词典

adj.

• 虚华的；言辞浮夸的
  showing that you think you are more important than other people, especially by using long and formal words
  1. a pompous official
     自负的官员

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自负的；自命不凡的
  If you describe someone aspompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are.
  1. He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
     他有点自大，自视甚高。
• ADJ-GRADED 盛大的；壮观的
  Apompousbuilding or ceremony is very grand and elaborate.
  1. The service was grand without being pompous.
     仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。

双语例句

• The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician.
  人们常常发现一位离了职的首相当年只不过是个大言不惭的演说家。
• Mr Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man.
  柯林斯先生是个自高自大，喜爱炫耀、心胸狭窄的蠢汉。
• He is a harsh man, at once pompous and officious.
  他是个严酷的人，既自负又爱管闲事。
• He can be self-righteous, pompous and annoying, but.
  他自以为是、浮华、恼人。
• It may sound pompous, he said, but I'd rather die standing than live on my knees.
  听起来或许很傲慢，但是我宁愿站着死也不愿意跪着活。
• You could become pompous or mystical when you are in over your head.
  当你沉浸在自己的世界里是会变成自负的或神秘的。
• He appears pompous but he is a good man underneath.
  他表面看来傲慢，但骨子是个好人。
• To speak in a formal, pompous manner.
  演说以正式的、自负的方式讲话。
• In a chapter he regards Edward Gibbon and Samuel Johnsons style as pompous.
  在某一章，他认为爱德华吉布森和萨缪尔约翰逊的风格是非常浮华的。
• Pompous or bombastic speech or expression. The characters in this novel are rather overdrawn.
  夸张，大言不惭虚夸的或浮夸的话语或表述这本小说中的人物描写得有些夸张。