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conceit
definition定义:
n. 1. An attitude that shows you have too high an opinion of your own abilities or importance.自负;
2. ( technical) an unusual cleverly-expressed comparison, esp. in poetry, showing fancy rather than imagination.奇想;奇喻
Examples:
1. That man is full of conceit.
他十分自负。
2. His writings are full of conceits.
他的作品充满了奇喻。
【世博精解】
conceit重音在第二个音节ceit上,而且这里的e发长音[i:],字母组合ceive以及ceit、ceipt中e发长音[i:]的还有:deceive, conceive, perceive, receive, deceit, receipt.
Conceit来源于拉丁文,与希腊文也有关,原义是“想法”,后逐步演变为某种类别的想法,如例句2中的“别出心裁的文字”,例句1中自负的想法。另一个同源词conceive是“形成想法”的意思,并进一步演进为“形成(其他的东西,如胚胎、萌芽等)”。
另外,魔鬼字典中的解释也颇为有趣。自负(Conceit)
我们不喜欢对手的自尊(We don’t appreciate our rivals’self-esteem.)。
近义词:egotism, narcissism, self-admiration, self-complacency, self-conceit, self-esteem, self-importance, swelled head, vanity
反义词:modesty
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