Vanity
[ 'vænəti ]
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n. 虚荣，浮华;自负;空虚，无聊的事物;无价值的东西;
💡 词根助记
van空+ity表名词→空虚
📝 例句
This success flattered my vanity.
这一成功，满足了我的虚荣心。
It had corrective effect on my vanity.
它对我的虚荣心起了缓解效果。
He has many faults, but vanity is not one of them.
他有很多缺点, 但并没有虚荣心.
His vanity swelled like a bloated belly.
他一肚子的狂妄自大一个劲儿地膨胀。
He did that to gratify his girlfriend's vanity.
他做那事是要满足他女友的虚荣心。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ van-货车,ity-拼音“IT业”:在IT业里有货车的人很自负
※ van-先锋,vanity-虚荣:不想当后卫都想当前锋,这是虚荣的表现
※ 谐音“娃立体”:考试考得好,娃走路直立着身体,这是虚荣心作怪
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-vac-表示“空”
常见变体有-vast-、-van-、-void-
📖 牛津释义
vanity
n
1 [U] having too high an opinion of one's looks, abilities, etc; conceit 自负; 虚荣; 虚荣心
not a trace of vanity in her behaviour 在她的举止中毫无虚荣表现
tickle sb's vanity, ie do or say sth that flatters him 迎合某人的虚荣心
injured vanity, ie resentment caused by some slight or humiliation 受到伤害的虚荣心.
2 (fml 文)
(a) [U] quality of being unsatisfying or futile; worthlessness 不满意的或无益的境况; 无价值
the vanity of human achievements 人类成就之徒劳无益.
(b) vanities [pl]
vain, worthless thing or act 无意义、 无价值的事物或行为.
🎯 考研助记
乌鸦(va)和尼姑(ni)，酒鬼(ty)一样有 虚荣心 “娃立体”（谐音）-考试考得好，娃走路直立着身体，这是 虚荣心作怪 空虚(van字根)的人(i)体(ty-ti)有颗 虚荣的心 网友：yqy 补充：van+ity→心里空空→虚荣心
🔁 扩展释义
*['væniti]n. 虚荣心, 虚无, 自负, 空虚, 时髦的小摆饰相关词组: do sth out of vanity
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Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
官员们过去总是搞不清埃利斯岛过境人员的外国姓名，因为他们非常繁忙，所以在过境的人蜂拥而至的时候，许多人的姓名都被更改了。
The man who had fixed up the air-line was also questioned.
安装供气管的那位工人也被提问。
At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth.
未来的几代人有可能难以相信，在这个世间曾经有这样的一个人行走过。"