1.mortify v. 使...受辱, 抑制
He felt mortified for his mistake.
他对他的错深感羞愧.
2.pique [pi:k] n. 生气, 愤怒 v. 伤害...自尊心, 激怒
He was piqued to discover that he hadn't been invited.
他因未被邀请而觉得愤怒。
3.Complacency n. 自满, 沾沾自喜
Complacency is the enemy of study.
自满乃学习之敌。
4.synonymous adj. 同义的
The two terms are used synonymously.
这两个术语被同义地使用。
5.foxhound n. 猎狐用猎狗
1.By all that I have ever read, I am convinced that it is very common indeed, that human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary. 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;
【难句解析】be prone to意思是“易于...,倾向于...;chrish的意思是“怀有;vanity后省略了relates,与上句对称;
【句子翻译】从我所读过的许多书看来,我相信那的确是非常普遍的一种通病,人性特别容易趋向于这方面,简直谁都不免因为自己具有了某种品质而自命不凡。虚荣与骄傲是截然不同的两件事,尽管字面上常常当作同义词用,一个人可以骄傲而不虚荣。骄傲多半不外乎我们对我们自己的估价,虚荣却牵涉到我们希望别人对我们的看法。
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