pompous

英 [ˈpɒmpəs]

美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]

adj.  虚华的; 言辞浮夸的

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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

• 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。
• What a load of pompous, pseudo-intellectual rot
  真是自命不凡的伪知识分子的一派胡言！
• 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。
• You should be modest rather than pompous.
  你应谦虚而非自大。
• Shut up, he told himself. you're getting awfully pompous.
  住口，他对自己说。你变得夸夸其谈了。
• My pompous British teacher says all Americans are stupid.
  我那个自大的英国老师说所美国人都很愚蠢。
• Because the bread and wine were not physically transformed into Christ's body and blood, there was no need for spurious ceremonies and pompous rituals.
  因为饼与酒没有在实际上转化成基督的身体和血，虚假的典礼和浮夸的仪式就可以免了。
• He saw behind his patient's pompous manner and arrogant pride an anxiety that he could not dispel.
  他发现病人的自负夸张和傲慢自大掩盖着一种无法摆脱的焦虑心情。
• This missile is pompous grandstanding by a very small man.
  这枚导弹是这个小个子男人的雄伟的外表。
• 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。