vaunted
英 [ˈvɔːntɪd]
美 [ˈvɔːntɪd]
adj. 被吹嘘的; 被夸耀的
v. 吹嘘;自负
vaunt的过去分词和过去式
BNC.35841 / COCA.19563
牛津词典
adj.
- 被吹嘘的;被夸耀的
proudly talked about or praised as being very good, especially when this is not deserved- Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.
他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。
- Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ 被吹嘘的;被过分夸耀的
If you describe something asvauntedormuch vaunted, you mean that people praise it more than it deserves.- 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。 - 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。
- Its vaunted security procedures hadn't worked...
双语例句
- The series was a huge risk for the streaming service Netflix& and not just because Mr. Spacey's character broke the vaunted 'fourth wall' and talked directly to the audience.
对于流媒体服务商Netflix来讲,播出这部连续剧冒了很大的风险&不仅是因为史派西的角色打破了被人夸耀的第四堵墙,直接跟观众对话。 - His much vaunted new scheme has been shown to have serious weaknesses.
他那吹得天花乱坠的方案已被证明有严重的缺陷。 - Our advice was discredited as Russians came to believe that we were untrue to our own principles and unable even to run our much vaunted liberal economy properly.
于是俄罗斯人不再相信我们的建议,他们开始认为,我们不但不忠于自己的原则,甚至也管理不好我们大力吹捧的自由经济。 - I was surprised to find that his much vaunted car was old and of a rather common kind.
我很吃惊地发现,他那大大吹嘘的车子竟是辆很平常的旧车。 - Kids need a range of authentic role models-as opposed to members of their clique, pop stars and vaunted athletes.
孩子需要各种各样真实的角色模型&与他们的圈内成员、流行明星以及受吹捧的运动员形成对比。 - He wants to avoid confrontation with both the government and the Americans during the security crackdown, led by a vaunted "surge" of American troops, just starting in Baghdad.
对于美军对巴格达增兵并和与伊拉克政府联手控制安全局势来说,Muqtadaal-Sadr不愿与他们正面冲突。 - Masdar even has a$ 4 million award program the Zayed future energy prize like the vaunted X-Prize.
马斯达尔还设立了一项奖金总额为400万美元的扎耶德未来能源奖(ZayedFutureEnergyPrize),类似于闻名于世的埃克斯奖(X-Prize)。 - Few dictionaries other than the vaunted Oxford English Dictionary provide enough usage examples.
除了自负的《牛津英语词典》之外,很少有字典能提供足够的用法示例。 - A new and much vaunted national cinema.
一部新的被大肆吹捧的国产影片。 - However, the terrible loss of life and the chaotic evacuation of more than 4,000 passengers and crew from the ship suggest that the vaunted economies of scale of these floating mega-resorts carry significant risks.
然而,可怕的死难事例,以及船上4000多名乘客和船员的混乱逃生经历,似乎表明这种水上大型度假村受到吹捧的规模经济是伴随巨大风险的。