pompous

英 [ˈpɒmpəs]

美 [ˈpɑːmpəs]

adj.  虚华的; 言辞浮夸的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11603 / COCA.17023

牛津词典

adj.

• 虚华的；言辞浮夸的
  showing that you think you are more important than other people, especially by using long and formal words
  1. a pompous official
     自负的官员

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 自负的；自命不凡的
  If you describe someone aspompous, you mean that they behave or speak in a very serious way because they think they are more important than they really are.
  1. He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities.
     他有点自大，自视甚高。
• ADJ-GRADED 盛大的；壮观的
  Apompousbuilding or ceremony is very grand and elaborate.
  1. The service was grand without being pompous.
     仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。

双语例句

• The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician.
  人们常常发现一位离了职的首相当年只不过是个大言不惭的演说家。
• He can be self-righteous, pompous and annoying, but.
  他自以为是、浮华、恼人。
• 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。
• This missile is pompous grandstanding by a very small man.
  这枚导弹是这个小个子男人的雄伟的外表。
• He is just full of wind, the pompous fool!
  他空话连篇，是个自负的蠢材！
• In a chapter he regards Edward Gibbon and Samuel Johnsons style as pompous.
  在某一章，他认为爱德华吉布森和萨缪尔约翰逊的风格是非常浮华的。
• Incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists.
  专门人员使用的不可理解的或者炫耀的行话。
• He sounded pompous and faggy to them.
  他们都觉得他像个爱炫耀的娘娘腔。
• The service was grand without being pompous.
  仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。
• He is a good man underneath his pompous appearance.
  他外表虽傲慢，其实是个好人。