Wordiyopomposity
🇬🇧 UK/pɒm'pɒsiti/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
The quality of being excessively self-important or grand in manner.
自大，浮夸，傲慢
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishpompother
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ossuffix
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itystate, quality, condition
=pomposity
Common Collocations
- 1.insufferable pomposity令人难以忍受的自大
- 2.air of pomposity傲慢的姿态
- 3.[deflate someone's pomposity]挫一挫某人的傲气
- 4.intellectual pomposity学术上的浮夸做派
Example Sentences
- 1.
His pomposity made it impossible for colleagues to approach him with new ideas.
- 2.
The professor's pomposity was legendary among students who dreaded his lectures.
- 3.
She punctured his pomposity with a single well-timed, witty remark.