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vainglorious

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++vain·glo·ri·ous /veɪnˈɡlɔːriəs/ adjective literary  PROUDtoo proud of your own abilities, importance etc 非常自负的,自命不凡的
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vaingloriousThus, with each page, she becomes increasingly unattractive and vainglorious - brains and spirit corrupted by driving ambition.In the fifth hotel the complimentary stationery carried the most vainglorious letterhead I have ever seen.The bombastic, vainglorious Nivelle had virtually announced to the world his grandiose expectations, making the dreadful defeat doubly damaging.
importance Corpus your own proud too etc of abilities,


vainglorious
vainglorious /veɪnˈɡlɔːriəs/ adjective literary
too proud of your own abilities, importance etc


vain·glori·ousBrE /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːriəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːriəs/ 🔊 adjective (literary, disapproving) too proud of your own abilities or achievements 自负的;自命不凡的;自吹自擂的 vain·glory BrE /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌveɪnˈɡlɔːri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]