vaunted

英 [ˈvɔːntɪd]

美 [ˈvɔːntɪd]

adj.  被吹嘘的; 被夸耀的
v.  吹嘘；自负
vaunt的过去分词和过去式

BNC.35841 / COCA.19563

牛津词典

adj.

• 被吹嘘的；被夸耀的
  proudly talked about or praised as being very good, especially when this is not deserved
  1. Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.
     他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 被吹嘘的;被过分夸耀的
  If you describe something asvauntedormuch vaunted, you mean that people praise it more than it deserves.
  1. Its vaunted security procedures hadn't worked...
     它那套被大肆吹嘘的安保程序并没有发挥作用。
  2. Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.
     辛普森的那些被大肆称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上都不足为奇。

双语例句

• Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.
  辛普森的那些被大肆称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上都不足为奇。
• China's Railways Ministry last week was boasting of the superiority of its high-speed rail system, saying its technology is superior to that of Japan's vaunted Shinkansen.
  周，中国铁道部还在吹嘘其高速铁路系统的优越性，称中国高铁的技术优于日本的所谓新干线。
• Its vaunted security procedures hadn't worked
  它那套被大肆吹嘘的安保程序并没有发挥作用。
• His much vaunted new scheme has been shown to have serious weaknesses.
  他那吹得天花乱坠的方案已被证明有严重的缺陷。
• Few dictionaries other than the vaunted Oxford English Dictionary provide enough usage examples.
  除了自负的《牛津英语词典》之外，很少有字典能提供足够的用法示例。
• Our advice was discredited as Russians came to believe that we were untrue to our own principles and unable even to run our much vaunted liberal economy properly.
  于是俄罗斯人不再相信我们的建议，他们开始认为，我们不但不忠于自己的原则，甚至也管理不好我们大力吹捧的自由经济。
• However, the terrible loss of life and the chaotic evacuation of more than 4,000 passengers and crew from the ship suggest that the vaunted economies of scale of these floating mega-resorts carry significant risks.
  然而，可怕的死难事例，以及船上4000多名乘客和船员的混乱逃生经历，似乎表明这种水上大型度假村受到吹捧的规模经济是伴随巨大风险的。
• Many Ford customers were dissatisfied with its vaunted sync interface that integrates hand-free telephony, entertainment and voice-recognition.
  福特Sync界面集成了免提电话、娱乐和语音识别功能。
• Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.
  他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。
• The vaunted liar, however, says he is too busy to tell a lie;
  然而那位吹牛大王却说他很忙，没有时间吹牛；