['pɔmpəs]
pompous
a. 傲慢的,自大的,夸大的

词形变化:

副词:pompously 名词:pomposity

例句与用法:

  1. He's a real gentleman, if a little pompous at times.
    他可是个正人君子, 虽然有时略显得傲慢了些.
  2. He spoke with pompous exactitude.
    他以自视绝对正确的口吻说话.
  3. He's rather pompous.' Isn't he just?(ie He certainly is!)'
    `他有点儿傲气.'`可不是吗!'
  4. He's just full of wind, the pompous fool!
    他空话连篇, 是个自负的蠢材!
  5. Children dislike being spouted at by pompous teachers.
    学生不喜欢听自命不凡的教师对他们夸夸其谈。
  6. He is a pompous official.
    他是个自命不凡的官员。
  7. We should be modest, not be pompous.
    我们应该谦虚,不应该自大。

英英解释:

形容词 pompous:

  1. puffed up with vanity- Newsweek
  2. 同义词:grandiloquent, overblown, pontifical, portentous
  3. characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display
  4. 同义词:ceremonious