vanity

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++van·i·ty /ˈvænəti/ ●○○ noun (plural vanities)  1  PROUD[uncountable] too much pride in yourself, so that you are always thinking about yourself and your appearance 虚荣(心)；自负 Sabrina had none of the vanity so often associated with beautiful women. 萨布里娜没有一点漂亮女人经常会有的那种虚荣。2. [countable] (also vanity table) a dressing table 梳妆台3. the vanity of something literaryUNIMPORTANT the lack of importance of something compared to other things that are much more important 某事物〔相比于其他事物〕的微不足道

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vanity• Vanity by any other name is still vanity.• His life is driven by vanity. He has to drive around in the most expensive car and wear the best designer clothes.• Her vanity kept her from getting a hearing aid.• The fury aroused by his anti-Pitt eloquence was at once frightening and flattering to his vanity.• His erect pompadour stands as proof that his male vanity is unharmed despite his incarceration.• However, little things which affect our vanity often influence us more strongly than major things which could affect our health.• Her older sisters plaited and decorated her hair, encouraging an already overdeveloped vanity.• Jo's vanity wouldn't let her walk past a mirror without looking in it.• They say I had the vanity to go down to Croisset and make an embarrassing scene on his doorstep.Origin vanity (1200-1300) Old French vanité, from Latin vanitas, from vanus; → VAIN

van·i·ty nounChineseSyllable  

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vanity
van‧i‧ty /ˈvænəti, ˈvænɪti/ noun (plural vanities)1. [uncountable] too much pride in yourself, so that you are always thinking about yourself and your appearance:
    Sabrina had none of the vanity so often associated with beautiful women.
2. [countable] (also vanity table) a dressing table
3. the vanity of something literary the lack of importance of something compared to other things that are much more important

van·ityBrE /ˈvænəti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈvænəti/ 🔊 noun (

plural

van·ities) [uncountable] (disapproving) too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements 自负；自大；虚荣；虚荣心◆She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance). 她对自己的相貌毫不自负。🔊🔊  ➡  see also vain (2) [uncountable] (literary) the quality of being unimportant, especially compared with other things that are important （尤指与其他重大事物相比）渺小，无所谓，不重要◆the vanity of human ambition in the face of death个人抱负在死亡面前的微不足道vanities [plural] behaviour or attitudes that show people's vanity 自负的行为；虚荣的态度；过分的骄傲◆Politics is too often concerned only with the personal vanities of politicians. 政治常常仅与政界人士的个人虚荣有关。🔊🔊

(also ˈvanity table) [countable] = dressing table