A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
虚荣
Vanity
The first casualty of hitting rock bottom is vanity.
跌入谷底的第一个受害者是虚荣心。
I think male actors get confused by their own vanity.
我认为男演员会被自己的虚荣心所迷惑。
Vanity is both a great motivator and a great deceiver.
虚荣心既是一种巨大的动力，也是一种巨大的欺骗。
Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.
如果没有虚荣心作伴，美德将走得很远。
Pride does not wish to owe and vanity does not wish to pay.
骄傲不愿欠，虚荣不愿付。
Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.
娇生惯养的虚荣心也许比饥渴的自尊心要好。
There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.
从来没有一个漂亮的女人不对着镜子做鬼脸。
Looking at yourself in a mirror isn't exactly a study of life.
照镜子并不是对生活的研究。
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit.
纨绔子弟就是那些傻瓜认为自己是有价值的人。
Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.
虚荣死很难;在某些顽固的情况下，它比人活得长。
Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.
人的脸红不是因为他们的罪行，而是因为他们的软弱和虚荣。
Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.
奉承是一种坏钱，我们的虚荣心给了我们钱。
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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.
虚荣和骄傲是两码事，尽管这两个词经常被用作同义词。一个人可以骄傲而不虚荣。骄傲更多地与我们对自己的看法有关;虚荣心，我们希望别人怎么看我们。
There are a number of companies in the area who do artificial foliage very well-- but I'd compare it to when you go to someone's house for dinner. If there is a flower arrangement that is fake, it makes me think differently of that person.
这一地区有很多公司的人造树叶都做得很好，但我想把它和你去别人家吃饭的时候做个比较。如果有一种插花是假的，它会让我对那个人有不同的看法。
There's nothing like getting yourself into character and seeing a different person. It really wears on your vanity.
没有什么比让自己进入角色，看到一个不同的人更好的了。你的虚荣心可真受不了。
Vanity is my favourite sin.
虚荣是我最大的罪恶。
If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.
如果我有一个虚荣的愿望，那就是导演。这是我还没有做过的唯一一件我想做的事。
Stupidity talks, vanity acts.
愚蠢说，虚荣做。