vainglory / ˈveɪnˌglɔr i, -ˌgloʊr i, veɪnˈglɔr i, -ˈgloʊr i /

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vainglory 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. excessive elation or pride over one's own achievements, abilities, etc.; boastful vanity.
  2. empty pomp or show.

vainglory 近义词

n. 名词 noun

pride

更多vainglory例句

  1. Suspicion and vainglory, as Ronald Grigor Suny shows, were present from the start in Stalin’s approach to politics.
  2. It seems like teenage vainglory: I can hear the Megadeth tape blasting in his yellow 1979 Le Mans from a block away.
  3. Vainglory is not nearly so bad in a private person or even in an official as it is in a minister.
  4. To desire vainglory is to desire lies, because when one person praises another he tells lies.
  5. France, by vainglory and the old literary pretensions of Anjou, had also a balancing claim upon Italy.
  6. A contemptuous designation, expressive of the combination of folly and vainglory.
  7. I wish you well, for a pride founded on self-respect is pleasing in mine eyes; but take heed lest pride degenerate into vainglory.