vanities

英 [ˈvænɪtiz]

美 [ˈvænətiz]

n.  自负; 自大; 虚荣; 虚荣心; (尤指与其他重大事物相比)渺小，无所谓，不重要; 自负的行为; 虚荣的态度; 过分的骄傲
vanity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 虚荣(心);自负
  If you refer to someone'svanity, you are critical of them because they take great pride in their appearance or abilities.
  1. Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity...
     使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
  2. With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
     由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟，我以为他可能爱上了我。

双语例句

• All of us have our vanities and frailties.
  我们大家都有虚荣心和弱点。
• What dark, cruel comments upon life and vanities.
  对于人生，对于我们所追求的虚荣，真是辛辣的讽刺。
• OVE Decors is a large Canadian company specializing in the bathroom equipment and selling bathroom vanities, showers, shower columns, baths and saunas throughout the USA and Canada.
  OVE装饰是一家专攻浴室设备的加拿大公司，在美国和加拿大出售卫浴、沭浴房和桑拿房。
• Jane had been his boss too many years for him to play to her vanities.
  简当马洛伊的老板很多年了，马洛伊已经不需要刻意奉承她。
• Our many vanities and frailties.
  我们的许多虚荣心和软弱性。
• But in the next century we'll BE able to alter our DNA radically, encoding our visions and vanities while concocting new life-f0rms.
  但在下个世纪，我们将能从根本上改变我们的DNA，即在制造新的生命形式时对自己的理智和情感进行编码。
• In spite of her small vanities, Margaret had a sweet and pious nature.
  玛格丽特尽管有些小小的虚荣心，天性却很温柔纯洁。
• Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain?
  外邦人虚无的神中有能降雨的吗。
• I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
  我恨恶那信奉虚无之神的人。我却倚靠耶和华。
• My only thought is to abandon all vanities.
  我唯一的想法是屏弃所有的自负。