vanities

英 [ˈvænɪtiz]

美 [ˈvænətiz]

n.  自负; 自大; 虚荣; 虚荣心; (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小，无所谓，不重要; 自负的行为; 虚荣的态度; 过分的骄傲
vanity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 虚荣(心);自负
  If you refer to someone'svanity, you are critical of them because they take great pride in their appearance or abilities.
  1. Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity...
     使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
  2. With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
     由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟，我以为他可能爱上了我。

双语例句

• The absurdest of absurd vanities: it is the love of pleasure, not the love of happiness.
  是荒谬绝伦的逢场作戏，是寻欢作乐的爱，不是幸福的爱。
• We are watching a bonfire of the old orthodoxies as well as of the vanities.
  我们正看到旧的正统学说和虚荣心被投入熊熊烈火。
• I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
  我恨恶那信奉虚无之神的人。我却倚靠耶和华。
• Purchase of ceramic, marble and wooden vanities for bathroom and kitchen.
  沙特客户求购浴室及厨房用陶瓷、大理石及木质台面。
• My only thought is to abandon all vanities.
  我唯一的想法是屏弃所有的自负。
• In spite of her small vanities, Margaret had a sweet and pious nature.
  玛格丽特尽管有些小小的虚荣心，天性却很温柔纯洁。
• This is why, despite the best efforts of the administration to set alight again the bonfire of credit vanities, there will be a return to thrift, driven as much by weak credit demand as impaired supply of it.
  这也说明了，为何任凭奥巴马政府尽最大努力重燃信贷“虚荣的篝火”，但在信贷需求疲弱和信贷供应受到削弱的双重驱动下，美国人仍将回归节俭。
• Try to put vanities, bath temperature water, such as water turbidity found to water until the clear-up.
  要试放面盆、浴缸的冷热水，如发现水质混浊，须放水，直到水清为止。
• They renounce the world, towns, sensualities, pleasures, vanities, pride, interests.
  他们放弃社交、城市、感官的享受、快乐、虚荣、傲气和利益。
• Everyone, even people who pretend to be above such vanities, likes to think they are special.
  每个人都喜欢觉得自己是特别的，即便是那些假装不在乎这些虚名的人也不例外。