vaunted是什么意思

vaunted

['vɔntɪd]

adj. 自夸的；大肆吹嘘的
v. 夸耀；吹牛（vaunt的过去分词）

中文词源

vaunted 被吹嘘的

来自拉丁语vanus,虚无的，自大的，词源同vain,vanity.

双语例句

1. Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.: 辛普森的那些被大肆称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上都不足为奇。

2. Its vaunted security procedures hadn't worked.: 它那套被大肆吹嘘的安保程序并没有发挥作用。

3. Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.: 他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。

4. That's something that not even the vaunted U.S. medical research establishment can do by itself.: 这项工作即使是自负的美国医学研究机构也是无法独立完成的.

5. His plays were being well enough received to render the most vaunted dramatists uneasy.: 他的剧本受到人们欢迎,足以使最自负的剧作家也为之不安.

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