n.(名词)

1. 自负，自大
2. 虚荣（心)，虚夸
3. =vanity case
4. 空虚，虚幻，无用，无价值
5. 无益的行为，无价值的事物
6. （带镜子的）梳妆台
7. 时髦的小摆饰，小玩意儿

n.(名词)

1. [U] 自负,自大,虚荣 conceit;having too high an opinion of one's looks,abilities,etc.
2. [U] 空虚,无用,无价值 worthlessness;quality of being unsatisfying,without true value

Noun:

1. feelings of excessive pride

2. the quality of being valueless or futile;

   "he rejected the vanities of the world"
   

3. the trait of being unduly vain and conceited; false pride

4. low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup

1.虚荣(心);自负
If you refer to someone'svanity, you are critical of them because they take great pride in their appearance or abilities.

e.g. Men who use steroids are motivated by sheervanity...
使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。
e.g. With my usualvanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.
由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟，我以为他可能爱上了我。

1. vanity

1. 虚荣心：罗素曾说,人与蟒蛇不一样,蟒蛇吃饱肚子就满足了;人呢,吃饱肚子后会有新的欲望:占有欲(acquisitiveness),竞争欲(rivalry),虚荣心(vanity)以及对力量的喜好(love of power).

2. 空虚：(47)大小和色彩不同的圆形构成这幅作品,这些形象似乎浮游于蓝空中,暗褐色背景就象大地与海洋的鸟瞰.(48)联结(unity)能提供把作品中的元素连在一起和表达一种艺术观念的凝聚力.可是,若没有空虚(vanity),作品又好象失去了一些激动和冲击.因此,

3. 虚荣：可上帝他老人家非抓住人类这个小辫子不放,在他眼里,虚荣(vanity)乃是七宗罪的一出,甚至是一切罪恶的渊薮. 他没看到人类因虚荣而进步的一面,相反,他认为,人类有了虚荣,就会衍生出贪欲、暴食、懒惰等其他罪,人类的心理,

vanity is his Achilles' heel.

虚荣自负是他的致命伤。

He has many faults, but vanity is not one of them.

他有很多缺点，但并没有虚荣心。

His vanity brought his downfall.

他因虚荣心太重而垮台。

She married the rich man out of vanity.

她出于虚荣心而嫁给了那个富人。

In fact, behind the vanity is not the squalor.

其实浮华背后就是看不到的肮脏。

Let us abandon the vanity surface, with a rock and roll heart.

让我们抛弃浮华的表面，拥有一颗摇滚的心。

She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance) .

她对自己的相貌毫不自负。

the vanity of human ambition in the face of death

个人抱负在死亡面前的微不足道

Politics is too often concerned only with the personal vanities of politicians.

政治常常仅与政界人士的个人虚荣有关。

Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity...

使用类固醇的男人纯粹是受虚荣心的驱使。

With my usual vanity, I thought he might be falling in love with me.

由于我一贯的虚荣心作祟，我以为他可能爱上了我。

But vanity was stronger.

可是,虚荣心毕竟更有力量.

Her sarcasm wounded his vanity.

她挖苦的语言刺伤了他的虚荣心.

Normal coning is less a treatment for infertility than a treatment for vanity.

正常的克隆不是为了治疗不孕,到是满足了虚荣.

It evidently pained his vanity to be beholden to the orphan for succor.

显然,向一个孤儿的救济表示感谢,伤到了他的虚荣心.

The woman is always feeling after vanity.

这女人一贯追求虚荣.

He paused, waving his hand to signify the vanity of the more that might be said.

他停顿下来, 挥舞着手,使他的话显得更加虚无飘渺.

His handsome appearance feeds into his vanity.

英俊的外表满足了他的虚荣心.

His vanity increased with years.

他的虚荣心随着年龄增长而增加.

vanity working on a weak head produces every sort of mischief.

把虚荣加在一个智力薄弱的人的头上,是会发生各种危险的.

I say this without vanity.

我这样说并不是虚夸.

I say that this also is vanity.

我说,这也是虚空.

vanity can never be completely dissociated in high office from the perception of national interest.

一个身居高位的人,他的虚荣心从来不能同他对国家利益的认识完全分开.

There is no vanity in that.

这和自负没有关系.

This young gentleman had fired his inclination as much as he had my vanity.

这位年轻公子不仅引起我的虚荣心,而且也激动了他自己的情欲.

Before the advent of male vanity , the local barbershop used to be a regaling hotspot.

在男士们的还没有虚荣心以前, 当地的理发店曾是一个令人愉快的热闹地儿.

I have done so from necessity, I assure you, and not from vanity.

我是不得已才这样做的, 老实说, 并非出自虚荣.

Then Love decided to ask vanity for help passing by in a beautiful vessel.

随后,爱决定向乘坐着漂亮巨轮的虚荣求助,爱护喊道:“虚荣,请救救我! ”

vanity is the great flaw in the character of many women.

爱慕虚荣是很多女性性格中的重大缺陷.

vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher , vanity of vanities ; all is vanity.

传道者说, 虚空的虚空, 虚空 的虚空.凡事都是虚空.

I can't help you, Love. You are all wet and might damage my boat, vanity answered.

爱情啊,我不能帮你. 你全身都湿了会把我的船弄脏的.

The girl's vanity surprised me.

这个女孩子的虚荣心使我吃惊.

vanity and virtue do not go together.

虚荣与美德不是共生物.

A vanity press published his novel but only a few copies were sold.

一家由作者自负出版费用的出版社出版了他的小说,但仅卖出了几本.

They are vanity, the work of errors : in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

都是虚无的, 是迷惑人的工作,到追讨的时候,必被除灭.

1. The woman is always feeling after vanity.
   这女人一贯追求虚荣。
2. Lester smiled at her vanity and love of show.
   莱斯特笑她爱慕虚荣。
3. Her refusal to cooperate with him was a wound to his vanity.
   她拒绝与他合作是对他虚荣心的伤害。

～+介词

• vanity%20of%20a%20life">the vanity of a life生活的空虚无聊

• All is vanitie, and vexation of spirit.

  出自：Bible (AV): Ecclesiastes