vanity
英 ['vænəti] 美 ['vænəti]
n.自负；虚荣心；无价值的东西；浮华
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◉Etymology
单词“vanity”源自拉丁语，具体来说，它来自拉丁词“vanitas”，意为“虚荣”或“空虚”。这个词表示了缺乏实质内容或价值的状态。
◉外刊例句
The New York Times (2023)"The rise of social media has fueled the vanity of many, as they seek validation through likes and shares."社交媒体的兴起助长了许多人的虚荣心，他们通过点赞和分享寻求认可。The Guardian (2022)"The pursuit of vanity in the fashion industry has led to a culture where appearances are prioritized over substance."时尚界对虚荣的追求导致了一种文化，其中外表比实质更重要。The Economist (2021)"While vanity can be a driving force for personal improvement, it can also lead to destructive behaviors."虽然虚荣可以成为个人改进的动力，但它也可能导致破坏性行为。◉经典名著
"Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen (1813)"Vanity and pride are different things, though the words 'vain' and 'proud' are often used as synonyms."虚荣和骄傲是不同的事物，尽管“虚荣”和“骄傲”这两个词经常被用作同义词。◉Usage Examples
(1) Vanity is his Achilles' heel.
(2) He has many faults, but vanity is not one of them.
(3) His vanity brought his downfall.
(4) She married the rich man out of vanity.
(5) Let us abandon the vanity surface, with a rock and roll heart.
(1) 虚荣自负是他的致命伤。
(2) 他有很多缺点，但并没有虚荣心。
(3) 他因虚荣心太重而垮台。
(4) 她出于虚荣心而嫁给了那个富人。
(5) 让我们抛弃浮华的表面，拥有一颗摇滚的心。
◉Usage Notes
Vanity is the quality of being vain, or having a ridiculous amount of pride. If you have excessive vanity in your appearance, you probably spend long hours sitting at your vanity table doing your makeup or plucking your nose hairs.
If you pride yourself on looking absolutely perfect and refuse to do any work that might dirty your clothes or mess up your hair, someone might accuse you of vanity. Often vanity is empty, like the emperor’s in The Emperor's New Clothes. If someone pays to have her own book published even though it’s really bad, we say it is a vanity printing.
◉Colins
1. [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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. [also N in pl] [disapproval]
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。
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。
