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

• Incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists.
  专门人员使用的不可理解的或者炫耀的行话。
• 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。
• Anything I say now is bound to sound pompous.
  现在我说的任何话听起来一定是很浮夸的。
• He's a real gentleman, if a little pompous at times.
  他可是个正人君子，虽然有时略显得傲慢了些。
• 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。
• 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。
• The service was grand without being pompous.
  仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。
• 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。
• 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 was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass.
  他常不招人待见，而且被看作是个自负的大傻帽儿。