Pride

[praɪd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) unreasonable and inordinate self-esteem (personified as one of the deadly sins).

(noun.) the trait of being spurred on by a dislike of falling below your standards.

(noun.) a feeling of self-respect and personal worth.

(noun.) satisfaction with your (or another's) achievements; 'he takes pride in his son's success'.

(noun.) a group of lions.

(verb.) be proud of; 'He prides himself on making it into law school'.

整理:萨莎--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A small European lamprey (Petromyzon branchialis); -- called also prid, and sandpiper.

(n.) The quality or state of being proud; inordinate self-esteem; an unreasonable conceit of one's own superiority in talents, beauty, wealth, rank, etc., which manifests itself in lofty airs, distance, reserve, and often in contempt of others.

(n.) A sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one; lofty self-respect; noble self-esteem; elevation of character; dignified bearing; proud delight; -- in a good sense.

(n.) Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment; insolence or arrogance of demeanor; haughty bearing and conduct; insolent exultation; disdain.

(n.) That of which one is proud; that which excites boasting or self-gratulation; the occasion or ground of self-esteem, or of arrogant and presumptuous confidence, as beauty, ornament, noble character, children, etc.

(n.) Show; ostentation; glory.

(n.) Highest pitch; elevation reached; loftiness; prime; glory; as, to be in the pride of one's life.

(n.) Consciousness of power; fullness of animal spirits; mettle; wantonness; hence, lust; sexual desire; esp., an excitement of sexual appetite in a female beast.

(v. t.) To indulge in pride, or self-esteem; to rate highly; to plume; -- used reflexively.

(v. i.) To be proud; to glory.

艾利森手打

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Self-esteem, self-exaltation, self-complacency, self-sufficiency, conceit.[2]. Haughtiness, loftiness, lordliness, superciliousness, assumption, insolence, vain-glory, arrogance, HAUTEUR, presumption.[3]. Elevation (of character), dignity, self-respect.[4]. Ornament, decoration, splendor, show, lustre, brightness, effulgence, glory.

錄入:梅利特

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Loftiness, haughtiness, lordliness, self-exaltation, arrogance, conceit,vainglory

ANT:Lowliness, meekness, modesty, self-distrust

艾伯特整理

解釋/意思:

n. state or feeling of being proud: too great self-esteem: haughtiness: overbearing treatment of others: a proper sense of what is becoming to one's self: a feeling of pleasure on account of something worthily done: that of which men are proud: that which excites boasting: elevation loftiness: beauty displayed ornament ostentation: high spirit mettle: (Shak.) lust.—v.t. to have or take pride: to value as one's self &c.—adj. Pride′ful.—adv. Pride′fully.—n. Pride′fulness.—adj. Pride′less.

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