单词 | proud |
释义 | proud /praʊd/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective (comparative prouder, superlative proudest) 1 pleased 高兴的PROUD feeling pleased about something that you have done or something that you own, or about someone or something you are involved with or related to 自豪的,得意的,引以为荣的 → pride OPP ashamedproud of Her parents are very proud of her. 她的父母深以她为荣。 You should be proud of yourself. 你应该感到自豪。 His past record is certainly something to be proud of. 他过去的经历当然是值得骄傲的。be justly/rightly proud of something (=have good reasons for being proud) 有理由为某事物感到骄傲 The company is justly proud of its achievements. 那家公司有理由为自己的成就感到骄傲。proud to do/be something Seven-year-old Ian is proud to have earned his red belt in karate. 七岁的伊恩为自己已经取得空手道的红带而感到骄傲。proud (that) She was proud that the magazine had agreed to publish one of her stories. 那家杂志同意刊登她的一篇小说,她很得意。 Seth was the proud owner of a new sports car. 赛思因为有了新跑车而扬扬得意。n GRAMMAR: Prepositions with proudYou are proud of someone or something: He’s proud of his son. ✗Don’t say: He’s proud for his son.2 proudest moment/achievement/possession the moment etc that makes you feel most proud 最值得骄傲的时刻/成就/财产 His proudest moment was winning the European Cup final. 打赢欧洲杯决赛是他最值得自豪的时刻。3 too high opinion 自视过高的PROUD thinking that you are more important, skilful etc than you really are – used to show disapproval 骄傲的,傲慢的,自负的〔含贬义〕 → pride a proud man who would not admit his mistakes 自以为是、不愿认错的男子4 great self-respect 极高的自尊PROUD having respect for yourself, so that you are embarrassed to ask for help when you are in a difficult situation 自尊心强的;高傲的 → pride Some farmers were too proud to ask for government help. 有些农民自尊心太重,不愿请求政府帮助。5 do somebody proud a) informal to make people feel proud of you by doing something well 让某人为你感到骄傲 I tried to do my country proud. 我想为国争光。 b) old-fashioned to treat someone well by providing them with good food or entertainment 盛情款待某人6. impressive 给人印象深刻的 literaryIMPRESS tall and impressive 宏伟的,壮观的 —proudly adverbn COLLOCATIONSadverbsvery/really proudYour family must be very proud of you.justifiably/justly/rightly proud (=with good reason)He is justifiably proud of what he and his father achieved.fiercely proudThey are fiercely proud of their native land.immensely/intensely/inordinately proud (=extremely proud)He said he was immensely proud to have been elected prime minister.She was intensely proud of being Japanese.nounsthe proud owner (of something) (also the proud possessor of something formal)She is now the proud owner of a four-bedroomed house.a proud mother/father/parentMark is the proud father of a three-week-old baby boy. THESAURUSproud very pleased with what you, your family, or your country have achieved, or of something you own 自豪的,骄傲的I felt so proud when my son graduated from college. 我儿子大学毕业的时候,我真感到自豪。Judith’s very proud of her new Ferrari. 朱迪丝为自己的新法拉利得意不己。pleased with yourself feeling pleased because something good has happened, especially because you think you have been very clever, skilful etc 得意扬扬的He was smoking a big cigar and was obviously pleased with himself. 他抽着一支大雪茄,显然一副扬扬自得的样子。I’d made a big profit and was feeling pretty pleased with myself. 我赚了一大笔钱,感到很得意。arrogant disapproving behaving in an unpleasant and annoying way, because you think you are better or know more than other people, and that your opinions are always right 傲慢的,目中无人的He was arrogant and regarded people who disagreed with him as fools. 他很傲慢,认为不同意他看法的人都是傻瓜。his arrogant attitude to women 他对待女人的傲慢态度vain disapproving too proud of your appearance, in a way that annoys other people 自负的He’s so vain – he thinks all the girls fancy him. 他自视甚高,以为所有的女孩子都喜欢他。conceited/big-headed disapproving proud of yourself because you think you are very intelligent, skilful, beautiful etc, especially without good reason and in a way that annoys people 自负的,自高自大的Stewart’s the most arrogant conceited person I’ve ever known. 斯图尔特是我遇到过的最傲慢自负的人。She was offered a brilliant job and became incredibly big-headed overnight. 她得到了一份很好的工作,一夜之间就傲慢得不得了。pompous disapproving thinking that you are much more important than you really are, and using very long and formal words to try to sound important 自大的,浮夸的The clerk was a pompous little man with glasses. 那名文员戴着眼镜,是一个自负的小个子男人。a pompous speech 浮夸的演讲smug disapproving pleased with yourself in a quiet but annoying way because you think you are in a better position than other people 自以为是的,沾沾自喜的Milly was looking very smug about coming top of the class. 米利因为在班上名列前茅而显得扬扬得意。a smug expression 自鸣得意的表情self-satisfied disapproving pleased with what you have achieved and showing it clearly in an annoying way 自满的,自鸣得意的She glared angrily into his self-satisfied face. 他满脸得意,她气愤地瞪了他一眼。a self-satisfied grin 自满的咧嘴一笑Examples from the Corpusproud• You did it all by yourself? You should be very proud.• Untrained and nervous, she is nevertheless proud and determined.• the proud cathedral spire• He was a proud man who refused to admit his mistakes.• You are inordinately curious about and proud of everything that comes out of your body.• Jane's very proud of her new car.• Indeed, this cook is proud of the fact that very few of her diners even request salt.• My parents are terribly proud of them.• My students have worked hard, and I'm proud of them.• However, if you are the proud parent of more valuable Koi fry, where is the cut-off point for outdoor survival?• the proud parents with their new baby• He's very proud that his work has finally been published.• Many farmers then were too proud to ask for government help.• Morris was proud to be part of such a brilliant team.• I'm proud to say that all my children had a good education.• Always he had been happy, working joyfully in the temple, proud to serve not men, but gods.• I felt so proud when my son went up to collect his medal.proud owner• For your chance to be a proud owner, just study our picture, right.• Is C-3P0 the proud owner of a Galant?• Jasmine is also married and the proud owner of a gold wedding ring - her father's.• Putting the pressure on I am the very proud owner of a Red Snakehead.• In its place though, one of you could soon be the proud owner of an Action Replay cartridge.• She is now the proud owner of an enviable figure, comparable with some one half her age.• Three weeks later and thanks to the filter matting, I was the proud owner of five new Zebra Finches.• You are not yet the proud owner of the copier you have come for.Origin proud (1100-1200) Old French prod, prud, prou “good, brave”, from Late Latin prode “advantage, advantageous”, from Latin prodesse “to be advantageous”proud adjective →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1 →THESAURUS1LDOCE OnlineChinese feeling that about you pleased Corpus something |
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