Proud
[praʊd]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; 'proud parents'; 'proud of his accomplishments'; 'a proud moment'; 'proud to serve his country'; 'a proud name'; 'proud princes' .
錄入:费尔普斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(superl.) Feeling or manifesting pride, in a good or bad sense
(superl.) Possessing or showing too great self-esteem; overrating one's excellences; hence, arrogant; haughty; lordly; presumptuous.
(superl.) Having a feeling of high self-respect or self-esteem; exulting (in); elated; -- often with of; as, proud of one's country.
(superl.) Giving reason or occasion for pride or self-gratulation; worthy of admiration; grand; splendid; magnificent; admirable; ostentatious.
(superl.) Excited by sexual desire; -- applied particularly to the females of some animals.
安妮編輯
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Conceited, over-weening, egotistical, assuming.[2]. Arrogant, haughty, supercilious, presumptuous, lordly, lofty, vain-glorious, high-spirited, high-strung.[3]. Grand, stately, noble.
格斯編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Arrogant, haughty, imperious, supercilious, presumptuous, boastful,vain_glorious, vain, ostentatious, elated, self-satisfied, lofty, imposing,magnificent, self-conscious
ANT:Deferential, humble, affable, unpresuming, meek, lowly, ashamed, unimposing,mean
埃尔温整理
解釋/意思:
adj. having excessive self-esteem: arrogant: haughty: having a proper sense of what is becoming: daring: grand: ostentatious: giving reason for pride or boasting.—n. Proud′-flesh a growth or excrescence of flesh in a wound.—adjs. Proud′-heart′ed (Shak.) having a proud spirit; Proud′ish somewhat proud.—adv. Proud′ly.—adj. Proud′-mind′ed (Shak.) proud in mind.—n. Proud′ness the state or quality of being proud: pride.—adjs. Proud′-pied (Shak.) gorgeously variegated; Proud′-stom′ached of haughty spirit arrogant.
錄入:斯科特
例句/造句/用法:
- His proud heart rebelled against this change. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I should like to be the representative of Oxford, with its beauty and its learning, and its proud old history. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- So we who are democrats need not believe that the people are necessarily right in their choice: some of us are always in the minority, and not a little proud of the distinction. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He used to tell me that I was the most beautiful woman in Louisiana, he was so proud of me and the children. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I'm very proud of him and should like you to see him. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- You are a generous boy--I suppose I must say, young man, now--and I am proud of you, my dear. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- She looked like a woman with a monomania, furtive almost, but heavily proud. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Meg saw the girls glance at it and then at one another, and her cheeks began to burn, for with all her gentleness she was very proud. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Now I am sure that you would not be too proud to earn the price of a new dress, would you? 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Lady Catherine was reckoned proud by many people he knew, but _he_ had never seen anything but affability in her. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- By heaven, he is the proudest fellow breathing. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Art’s proudest triumph is to imitate nature. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- This possession--its proudest and most prized--had for years been nominal only. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that he would never come there again. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- From one of the proudest families in Kentucky he had inherited a set of fine European features, and a high, indomitable spirit. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I don't wish to make you vain, but I must confess that I'm prouder of my handsome husband than of all his money. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- A prouder, a higher-minded man than yourself does not exist. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Perhaps they were a little prouder in their downfall than in their prosperity. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- All day she haunted the room, jealous of any other nurse, and prouder of being chosen then than of any honor her life ever brought her. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The late Marquess of Londonderry flattered my vanity, and made me prouder than ever my conquest of Lord Worcester could do, by merely looking at me. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
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