| 词汇 | conceit |
| 释义 | conceit noun uk /kənˈsiːt/ us /kənˈsiːt/ conceitnoun (PRIDE)[ U ] the state of being too proud of yourself and your actions: 自负，自大 The conceit of that man is incredible!那人极度自负！ Saddening, shocking and upsetting affecting agonizingly arrogance baleful be cold comfortidiom distressful distressfully distressing distressingly dolorous hurtful hurtfully impiously impiousness lacerating teary touching touchingly tragically traumatic conceitnoun (COMPARISON)[ C ]literary a clever or surprising comparison, especially in a poem（尤指诗歌中）巧妙的比喻，别出心裁的比喻 Literature accentual action hero alliterative alternative history anapest fiction fictionality fictionally fictive fictively non-canonical non-character non-literary non-metrical non-poetic sympathetically tanka tartan noir theatrics threnody conceit | American Dictionaryconceit noun[ U ] us/kənˈsit/ the habit or attitude of thinking yourself better than others, even when there is no reason to think so conceitedadjectiveus/kənˈsi·t̬ɪd/ He’s a great musician, and not conceited at all. Examples of conceitconceit In his opening pages he almost falls over his own metatextual conceits. Such literary conceits demanded hard labours for composers who took inspiration from them. One poem impresses through its pathos, the other through its rhetorical subtlety and bold conceits. He faults them, to be sure, for their 'want of variety' and extravagant conceits. The conceits point to a monstrous self-perversion, the forfeiting of integrity and the living out of a lie at which, moreover, his mind or heart knowingly connives. The former produces a feverish versatility of perception, a fantasia of epistemological pluralism, whose mercurial conceits are no more 'uncertain and adulterate' than their mutating physical objects. The two had much in common: conceit, fame, unorthodox pulpit manners and a trenchant belief in liberal progress. Yannis is correct to point out the problem of this academic conceit which effectively masks the political and emotional biases of the archaeologists themselves. Their opposition to the radical nationalists sprang from a profound social conceit. His conceit, in this essay, is that of convergent evolution, whereby different species develop in similar ways in response to similar environmental pressures. What a high price we expect from our people in order to humour the conceits of their elites! From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are all big men in our own conceits but, after all, we are only employés of the men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I had better not admit how many because that might be rather conceited of me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He may be so conceited to believe that he is competent when he is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Coming to my expectations for the future, it would be unduly conceited of me to have any expectations at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of conceit These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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