• adj. 自大的；浮夸的；華而不實的；愛炫耀的

來自pomp,炫耀，捧場。比喻用法。

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.

1. The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose.

他筆下的公文矯揉浮華，長篇大論。

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2. He was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass.

他常不招人待見，而且被看作是個自負的大傻帽兒。

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3. The service was grand without being pompous.

儀式場面宏大，卻不浮華。

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4. What a load of pompous, pseudo-intellectual rot.

真是自命不凡的偽知識分子的一派胡言！

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5. He is a great, pompous bladder of a man.

他是個極其浮夸而且喜歡吹噓的人.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》