vanity
vanity 英 [ˈvænəti] 美 [ˈvænɪti]
n. 虚荣心；空虚；浮华；无价值的东西
名词复数:vanities
- Vanity is the quality of being vain, or having a ridiculous amount of pride. If you have excessive vanity in your appearance, you probably spend long hours sitting at your vanity table doing your makeup or plucking your nose hairs.
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- n. 虚荣心；空虚；浮华；无价值的东西
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1. Her sarcasm wounded his vanity.
她挖苦的语言刺伤了他的虚荣心。
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2. She did that out of vanity.
她出于虚荣心而那样做。
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3. He played up to the old lady's vanity to get her support.
他利用这老妇人的虚荣心来获得他的支持。
- vanity (n.) c. 1200, "that which is vain, futile, or worthless," from Old French vanite "self-conceit; futility; lack of resolve" (12c.), from Latin vanitatem (nominative vanitas) "emptiness, aimlessness; falsity," figuratively "vainglory, foolish pride," from vanus "empty, void," figuratively "idle, fruitless," from PIE *wano-, suffixed form of root *eue- "to leave, abandon, give out." Meaning "self-conceited" in English is attested from mid-14c. Vanity table is attested from 1936. Vanity Fair is from "Pilgrim's Progress" (1678).
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