1. Saddam''s self-aggrandising propaganda, with himself posing as the defender of Arabism against Jewish or Persian intruders, was heavy-handed but consistent as a drumbeat.
    他摆出一副抵御犹太或波斯侵略者、捍卫阿拉伯国家的姿态，大肆进行自我吹捧，虽然拙态百露，却也无人非议。

2. Many timid types comfort themselves by imagining such characters. Many self-aggrandising individuals are happy to act the part for them.
    一些懦弱的人通过想象这样的角色来安慰自己，一些自立的人则乐于扮演这样的角色。

3. This is the man who contributed to the ruination of the city with his impulsive, disorganised and self-aggrandising conduct during the worst natural disaster in America''s history.
    在那场美国有史以来最为严重的自然灾害中，他用他冲动、毫无章法、狂妄自大的行为让这座城市走向了毁灭。

4. People wonder whether there is empire building going on, or if the suggested ideas are really all a bit self-aggrandising.
    人们想知道帝国大厦能否持续，或者提出的想法是否确实有些自吹自擂。

5. self-aggrandising的近义词

5. Capitalism there certainly is, but a variety deformed by a corrupt and self-aggrandising state, which in denying its people liberty to manage their own economic affairs has failed to create reasonable conditions of fairness or welfare.
    那里当然是资本主义，但它因为腐败和自我扩权的政府而扭曲变形，政府拒绝给予自己的国民管理经济事务的自由，因而无法创造出实现公平和福利的必要条件。