中文词源
pompous 虚化的，言辞浮夸的
来自pomp,炫耀，捧场。比喻用法。
英语词源
- pompous (adj.)
- late 14c., "characterized by exaggerated self-importance," from Old French pompos (14c., Modern French pompeux) and directly from Late Latin pomposus "stately, pompous," from Latin pompa "pomp" (see pomp). More literal (but less common) meaning "characterized by pomp" is attested from early 15c. Related: Pompously.
权威例句
- 1. The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose.
- 他笔下的公文矫揉浮华，长篇大论。
- 2. He was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass.
- 他常不招人待见，而且被看作是个自负的大傻帽儿。
- 3. The service was grand without being pompous.
- 仪式场面宏大，却不浮华。
- 4. What a load of pompous, pseudo-intellectual rot.
- 真是自命不凡的伪知识分子的一派胡言！
- 5. He is a great, pompous bladder of a man.
- 他是个极其浮夸而且喜欢吹嘘的人.