vanity
美 [ˈvænəti]
英 ['vænəti] 
- n.虚荣;虚荣心;自负;自大
- 网络空虚;浮华;梳妆台
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1. | [u] 自负;自大;虚荣;虚荣心too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements |
| She had no personal vanity(= about her appearance) . 她对自己的相貌毫不自负。 |
2. | [u] (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小,无所谓,不重要the quality of being unimportant, especially compared with other things that are important |
| the vanity of human ambition in the face of death 个人抱负在死亡面前的微不足道 |
3. | [pl] 自负的行为;虚荣的态度;过分的骄傲behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity |
| Politics is too often concerned only with the personal vanities of politicians. 政治常常仅与政界人士的个人虚荣有关。 |
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I could feel his vanity at work, but also to see if he seems to be aggrieved look, so, I asked: "Did not you guide him? "
我能感觉了他的虚荣心在作祟,也能看他似乎很委屈的样子,于是,我笑着问:“你难道没指导他吗?”
Adams' two terms as Vice President were frustrating experiences for a man of his vigor, intellect, and vanity.
亚当斯两次被推选为副总统已经消磨了一个人的活力,智慧以及虚荣。
Your powerful desire to be the center of attention along with your vanity is pernicious for the shy, sensitive Crab. Not a choice alliance.
害羞、敏感的蟹子并不适合过于强势、以自我为中心的狮子。巨蟹座人并不是你理想的选择。
and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.
因此,在许多情况下,为自己有虚荣心而感谢上天也不算太过荒谬。
I often thought about this life the meaning of existence, and finally the conclusion is, all is vanity.
时常思考我这个生命存在的意义,最终得出的结论就是,都是虚妄。
and humbling as it was to his vanity it gave him the ghostly advantage of observing unobserved.
这虽然使他的虚荣心受到屈辱,同时也鬼使神差地给了他观察看不到的东西的便利。
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel. Vanity, please help me!
爱情决定同样开着漂亮的船经过的虚荣。说:虚荣,请帮帮我。
Love then decided to ask Vanity , who was passing in a beautiful vessel , for help .
这时,虚荣乘坐着一搜漂亮的船从爱的身边驶过,爱决定问问他。
As he had no estate of his own, my words nettled a very childish vanity he had.
因为他自己也没有田庄,我的话引起他的非常孩子气的虚荣心。
When she tried to joke that she was an "imported star" , but accidentally said "important star" the crew laughed at her vanity.
有次她想笑称自己是一个“进口明星”时,却不小心说成了“重要明星”,那令工作人员取笑她虚荣。
She was editor of Vanity Fair, one of the great phenomenal women of her day.
她还是《名利场》的编辑,总之,一个在那个年代非常杰出的女性。
Indeed I had. What will you think of my vanity ? I believed you to be wishing, expecting my addresses.
我的确是那样想的。你一定会笑我太自负吧?我当时还以为你在指望着我、等待着我来求婚呢。
No follow-up development and hope that the exchanges will be a waste of your money and feelings of love is called vanity.
没有后续发展和希望的交往,会浪费你的钱和感情,这叫爱慕虚荣。
Vanity and I saw him on the Manor House roof tiles one October midnight, talking to a winged shape too large to be a crow.
在一个十月的午夜,瓦妮特和我看到他在主楼顶上和一块云一样大的翼形生物交谈。
One may see by this that she had a wise and thoughtful head, for all there was so much lightness and vanity in it.
你可以从这看得出她脑子里虽然有些轻浮和虚荣的思想,究竟还是聪明和肯用心的。
But it was a sly vanity; many people assumed the name referred to web pages, not a surname.
但它是诡秘的一部分,多数人认为这是网页,而不是一个姓。
The Saracens say that this disease is Gods vengeance against the vanity of our kingdom.
萨拉逊人说上帝用这种疾病处分这个王国的罪恶。
Daily from subtle small start, do not expect the brilliant magic, the trick to see through the vanity, carefully observe their own heart.
每天从细微的小处着手,不要奢望神奇的辉煌,看穿这些虚荣的把戏,仔细观察自己的心吧。
Love decided to ask Vanity who was also passing by in a beautiful vessel.
爱情决定向刚好经过的虚荣心求救,他也有一艘漂亮的大船。
Then Love decided to ask Vanity for help who was passing by in a beautiful vessel.
接着爱决定请求虚荣帮助,这时虚荣正好乘坐一只漂亮的船走过。
Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what would have others think of us.
骄傲多半不外乎我们自己的估价,虚荣却牵涉到我们希望别人对我们的看法。
I am sorry if I hurt your vanity by saying so, but I assure you it is true.
如果我的话伤了你的自尊心,我感到很遗憾,然而这却是实情。
Their vanity was in such good order, that they seemed to be quite free from it, and never gave themselves airs.
她们虽然自命不凡,但表现得体,好象毫无不凡之感,从不装腔作势。
And, lastly(I may as well confess it, as the denial of it would be believed by nobody), I shall perhaps not a little gratify my own vanity.
最后,我这样做,可能还会极大地满足我的虚荣心(我还是承认这一点好,否认是没有用的,谁也不会相信)。
the vanity of mrs . hurstwood caused her to keep her person rather showily arrayed , but to hurstwood this was much better than plainness.
赫太太爱虚荣,所以总是打扮得花枝招展的。赫斯渥认为,这总比朴素无华要好得多。
He said modern British nuptials were an "overblown vanity project" seen out in "an atmosphere of narcissism and self-promotion" .
他将当代英国婚礼看做“在自我陶醉和自我抬高的氛围中”,死扛到底的“面子工程”。
"The toilet, a vanity project of the city administration, has no practical significance at all, " wrote a blogger on Sina. com.
有新浪网的博客说,“这个公厕就是市政局的面子工程,没有一点实际作用。”
and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
谁知都是虚空,都是捕风;在日光之下毫无益处。
I mean, every married mom you know poses in nothing but fishnets and Louis Vuitton jewelry for an ad campaign in Vanity Fair, right?
我指的形象是,一个已婚妈妈除了穿着渔网丝袜、佩戴路易威登珠宝以外,以几乎一丝不挂的姿态出现在名利场的插页广告里,没错吧?
her eyes flashed like emeralds. Between her red lips, red eyebrows, and red hair, Vanity was an incandescent thing, glowing.
她的眼睛想绿宝石一样闪着光芒。在她的红唇,红色睫毛,红头发的衬托下,瓦妮特就像一团白色的炽热火焰。
The Saracens say that this disease is God's vengeance against the vanity of our kingdom.
撒拉逊人说上帝用这种疾病惩罚这个王国的空虚。
Judith laid aside the rich brocade with an air of indifferences, for she had a far higher aim before her than the indulgence of vanity.
尤蒂丝漫不经心地把那件华丽的锦缎衣服放在一边,因为她已经顾不得考虑虚荣了,在她面前另有一个更大的目标。
If you do so, the vanity shall be kept far from you and more people willing to share life together with you not like stupid he-dog! !
如果你能够做到的话,虚荣心便会离你远去,并且越来越多的人愿意和你生活而不是那条愚蠢的不可一世的公狗!!
Unlike her character, Emma took three years to let go of her vanity and become Hermione, she said.
她说,不同于她的个性,她花了三年时间远离虚荣并成为女主角。
I feel as if I would never able to find my favorite novel the Vanity Fair.
我觉得我再也找不回我最喜欢的那部小说《名利场》了。
" Vanity answered. Sadness was close by so Love asked for help, " Sadness, let me go with you.
悲伤刚好路过,爱说“悲伤,让我跟你一起吧。”
He now owns parts of The Learning Channel, The Discovery Channel, and owns publications like The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and others.
现拥有美国Learning和Discovery频道部分股份,并拥有《纽约人》、《名利场》等知名杂志。
Rom. 8: 20 For the creation was made subject to vanity, not of its own will, but because of Him who subjected it.
罗八20因为受造之物服在虚空之下,不是自己愿意的,乃是因那叫它服的。
Sibling rivalry is often the outgrowth of vanity.
兄弟姐妹间的敌对往往是嫉妒心的产物。
Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
我心里说,这也是虚空。
In the 23 years of our friendship , I never saw him show jealousy , vanity, bitterness , anger, resentment, or personal ambition .
在我们23年的友谊中,我从未见他必须出嫉妒,虚荣,痛苦,生气,怨恨或个人野心。
Succession is 'all we talk about [at board meetings], ' Buffett told Vanity Fair's Bethany McLean.
继任者问题“是我们在(董事会上)反复谈论的,”巴菲特这样告诉《名利场》的特约编辑麦克林(BethanyMcLean)。
Very possibly she knew that if my vanity was once allowed to get the upper hand it would be difficult afterwards to bring it under control.
她很可能知道如果我的虚荣心一旦站了上风,那么日后就会像脱缰之马,难以驾驭。