pretensions

用法例句

This paper expounds the four major psycological traits in the mentality of the American people—squeamishness,fear,prudery and vanity,and analyses the words and expres- sions they have brought about in the American speech.

分析了美国心态的四大特征:过份敏感、恐惧、假正经和虚荣以及在美国语言中由此产生的众多言辞;指出该四种心态虽不实事求是,但在美国人的现实生活中具有积极意义。

But, if we probe her real life and examine her works carefully ,we would find that what constitute Zhang Ailing s character are her pessimism, suspicions, vanity and vulgarity,which come from her hostility and hatred to thesociety and to others.

但是，如果我们深入探寻张爱玲的生命轨迹，全面梳理她的作品，就会发现，构成张爱玲性格主体的，却是她的悲观多疑与虚荣庸俗，是其对社会、对他人的敌视与仇恨。

a deep antipathy to social pretension.

对社会虚荣做作的深深反感。

She began to get the hang of those little things which the pretty woman who has vanity invariably adopts.

她开始学会了那些美貌虚荣的女子无一例外会做的小动作。

He did it to feed her vanity.

他那么做是为了满足她的虚荣心。

He did that to gratify his girlfriend's vanity.

他做那事是要满足他女友的虚荣心。

I have done so from necessity, I assure you, and not from vanity."

我是不得已才这样做的，老实说，并非出自虚荣。”

He told a lie out of vanity.

他由于虚荣心作怪而说谎。

They tickled his vanity by praising his work.

他们称赞他的工作以满足他的虚荣心。

insincere, calculated modesty.

不诚心的，做作的谦虚

absence of affectation or pretense.

没有虚假的装饰，不做作。

She succeeded through hard work. He declined the honor through modesty.

她努力工作取得了成功。他谦虚地婉拒荣誉

It was not wifely modesty at all. By so much was her pride satisfied.

这根本不是出于妇道人家的稳重，这样做只是满足了她的虚荣心。

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonimously. A person may be proud without being vain.

虚荣与骄傲是截然不同的两件事，尽管字面上常常当作同义词用，一个人可以骄傲而不虚荣。

The movie company has done so much to build up its honour and prosperity.

这家电影公司为宣扬它的荣誉和繁荣做了如此多的工作。

Vain, ostentatious display.

极度虚荣心爱虚荣地，铺张地显示

She did most of the work but all the kudos went to him.

工作大部分是她做的, 可是荣誉都归他了.

She do most of the work but all the kudos go to him.

工作大部分是她做的，可是荣誉都归他了。

Group Cadres Ought to be the Model of Socialism Outlook for Honor and Dishonor;

组织工作干部要做树立社会主义荣辱观的模范

Distinguishing Between Honor and Shame, Being Technical Worker with Social Responsibility;

知荣明耻,做有社会责任感的技术工作者