Vanity是英語名詞,音標為英[ˈvænəti]/美[ˈvænəti],基本含義為"虛榮心""自負",引申指"無價值事物""梳妝檯"等。源自拉丁語vanitas(空虛),14世紀中期進入中古英語體系,最初描述"無實質價值"概念。現代英語中詞義擴展至心理學領域(過度關注自我價值)、文學象徵(浮華社會現象)及家居類目(帶鏡盥洗櫃)。
該詞在語義演變中呈現從抽象到具象的分化:15世紀後逐漸衍生出"過度關注外貌"的行為評價;18世紀起文學作品如薩克雷《名利場》(Vanity Fair)強化了其社會批判內涵;20世紀美式英語將"梳妝檯"納入固定詞義。作為多義詞,其核心義項覆蓋心理特徵(自我高估)、價值判斷(無意義性)與實物指代(家具類別)三重維度。
基本介紹
- 外文名:vanity
- 詞性:名詞
- 發音:[ˈvænəti]
單詞釋義
英英釋義
詞典雙解
短語搭配
雙語例句
- Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity. 服用類固醇的男人們純粹是受了虛榮心的驅使。
- Her sarcasm wounded his vanity. 她挖苦的語言刺傷了他的虛榮心。
- Such spending is not mere vanity. 這樣的支出不僅僅是虛榮心。
- They were jubilant with vanity over their new grandeur and the illustrious trouble they were making. 他們對自己的新光榮事跡和他們所製造的大麻煩洋洋得意,充滿了虛榮心。
- Vanity is a constant; people will only start shopping more sustainably when they can't afford not to. 虛榮心是永恆的;人們只有在不能承受放縱購物的時候,才會開始節制購物。
- He was too puffed up with his own importance, too blinded by vanity to accept their verdict on him. 他的重要地位讓他太過傲氣、太過自負,從而無法接受他人對自己的意見。
- Later, he left the rose because of her vanity. 後來,他覺得玫瑰虛榮自負,就離開了她。
- Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. 不錯,虛榮的確是個弱點。
- Power, like vanity, is insatiable. 權力,正如虛榮,是永難滿足的。
- She did that out of vanity. 她出於虛榮心而那樣做。
- Not victory, but vanity. 並非因為勝利,而是因為虛榮心。
- This also is vanity and a great evil. 這也是虛空,也是大患。
- The least defensible motive is vanity. 最牽強的理由就是虛榮心。
- But vanity, not love, has been my folly. 然而我的愚蠢,並不是在戀愛方面,而是有虛榮心方面。
- This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. 這也是虛空,也是捕風。
- This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 這也是虛空,是極重的勞苦。
- My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight. 我詩人的虛榮在你的目光前羞慚而死。
- This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail. 這也是虛空,是極重的勞苦。
- He played up to the old lady's vanity to get her support. 他利用這老婦人的虛榮心來獲得他的支持。
- The second danger lies in the vanity of philanthropists. 其次,慈善家們的虛榮也是一大隱患。
- At the Vanity Fair party, they were let in the back door. 在《名利場》雜誌的聚會上,他們從後門進來。
- Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. 傳道者說,虛空的虛空,凡事都是虛空。
- Vanity in our culture has increased and become more acceptable. 虛榮心在我們的文化中隨處可見且可以被接受。
- An Ensuite Bath with Tub and Shower separate vanity and Two sinks. 一個浴室套間,有浴缸和淋浴、單獨梳妝檯和兩個洗手池。
- The vanity sizing ploy has long been used by women's fashion chains. 這種虛示尺寸的策略已經被長期套用於女性時尚連鎖店。
- Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. 因此他叫他們的日子,全歸虛空,叫他們的年歲,盡屬驚恐。

