名词
1. He did that to gratify his girlfriend''s vanity.
他做那事是要满足他女友的虚荣心。
2. 公共查询·英语单词
2. The girl''s vanity surprised me.
这个女孩子的虚荣心使我吃惊。
3. I had forsaken the vanities of the world.
我已将人世的无聊琐事置之不理。
1. 虚荣心：罗素曾说,人与蟒蛇不一样,蟒蛇吃饱肚子就满足了;人呢,吃饱肚子后会有新的欲望:占有欲(acquisitiveness),竞争欲(rivalry),虚荣心(vanity)以及对力量的喜好(love of power).
2. vanity的解释
2. 空虚：(47)大小和色彩不同的圆形构成这幅作品,这些形象似乎浮游于蓝空中,暗褐色背景就象大地与海洋的鸟瞰.(48)联结(unity)能提供把作品中的元素连在一起和表达一种艺术观念的凝聚力.可是,若没有空虚(vanity),作品又好象失去了一些激动和冲击.因此,
3. 虚荣：可上帝他老人家非抓住人类这个小辫子不放,在他眼里,虚荣(Vanity)乃是七宗罪的一出,甚至是一切罪恶的渊薮. 他没看到人类因虚荣而进步的一面,相反,他认为,人类有了虚荣,就会衍生出贪欲、暴食、懒惰等其他罪,人类的心理,
1. 虚荣(心);自负
If you refer to someone''s vanity, you are critical of them because they take great pride in their appearance or abilities.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
noun
1. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup
Synonym: dressing tabledressertoilet table
2. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited
false pride
Synonym: conceitconceitedness
3. the quality of being valueless or futile
e.g. he rejected the vanities of the world
Synonym: emptiness
4. feelings of excessive pride
Synonym: amour propreconceitself-love