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
- 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。 - 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。 - It has kept a tight lid on spending for the vaunted Reconstruction and Development Programme ( RDP) that is meant to improve the life of the masses.
非国大严格控制了大肆宣传的旨在改善广大群众生活的重建与发展规划(RDP)的开支。 - 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。 - His plays were being well enough received to render the most vaunted dramatist 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。 - 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。 - Google may try to depict the last two months 'wrangling as a success, on the grounds that its vaunted principles were upheld.
对于过去两个月的争论,谷歌或许会试图以成功冠之,理由是其夸耀不已的原则得到了坚持。 - In the third quarter of last year despite the vaunted recovery of the UK economy real gross domestic product per head was the same as in the third quarter of 2006 and 1.8 per cent lower than in the first quarter of 2008 ( the pre-crisis peak).
去年第三季度,尽管英国自诩实现经济复苏,但实际人均国内生产总值(GDP)仅与2006年第三季度持平,与2008年第一季度的数字(危机前的峰值)相比则低了1.8%。 - FOR all its vaunted decentralisation, the internet is a top-down affair when it comes to security.
互联网自诩权力下放,可当涉及到安全时,它又是个自上而下的事情了。 - 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。