conceits

英 [kənˈsiːts]

美 [kənˈsits]

n.  自负; 骄傲自大; 别出心裁但不实用的效果; 巧妙但不实用的东西; 巧妙的言辞; 别出心裁的比喻
conceit的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自负;自高自大
  Conceitis very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great.
  1. He knew, without conceit, he was considered a genius...
     不是他自命不凡，他知道大家认为他是个天才。
  2. Pamela knew she was a good student, and that was not just a conceit.
     帕梅拉知道自己是个好学生，而这绝不仅仅是自负。
• N-COUNT (文学中)巧妙的比喻，别出心裁的对比
  In literature, aconceitis a clever or unusual metaphor or comparison.
  1. Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.
     批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。

双语例句

• He expressed his conceits fluently.
  他流畅地表达了自己的想法。
• Philosophy of course tolerates no mere assertions or conceits, and checks the free play of argumentative see-saw.
  哲学当然不容许单纯的武断或妄自尊大，也不容许任意无端的往复辩论。
• There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.
  也许这张表现我们的世界是如何渺小的照片，是人类愚蠢自负的最好证实。
• The design activity, in fact, is a process that the designer represents users 'demands and his conceits with his design language, and that user knowledge and design knowledge interact and couple with each other.
  这些活动，事实上是设计师通过自己的设计语言，再现用户的需求和自己构思的一种过程，是用户知识与设计知识碰撞、耦合的一种过程。
• Like his poems, John Donne s prose works are also full of conceits.
  邓恩散文像他的诗歌一样充满了奇思妙喻。
• Some proposals and conceits about legal power dispose of banking supervision in China in accordance with present condition are put forward.
  作者认为，从法权配置的角度看，成立专司银行业监管的中国银监会是符合现实国情的选择。
• He could no more resist pricking the conceits, the hypocrisies and the flamboyant patriotism of those about him than a small boy can resist putting a pin into a balloon.
  他禁不住要狠狠刺一下周围那些人的自负、伪善和神气十足的爱国心，就像一个孩子忍不住手痒要刺破一个气球似的。
• Finally, we lodged conceits and advices for resolving financing issues to enterprise and the government.
  第四部分为企业和政府提出解决融资问题的意见和建议。
• He conceits himself already a statesman.
  他自命不凡以为他自己已是一位政治家。
• One of the conceits of Heat is that truly good cooking requires an understanding of the soulful connections between land, animals and the communities they nurture.
  《热度》包含的观点之一是，真正好的烹饪需要理解土地、动物和它们养育的生物群落之间的情感联系。