As he had no estate of his own, my words nettled a very childish vanity he had . 因为他自己也没有田庄,我的话引起他的非常孩子气的虚荣心。
He knew by now that men were liars, he knew how extravagant was their vanity . 如今他已经知道人总是自欺欺人,他懂得人的虚荣心有多么惊人。
Gazing up to the darkness i saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity . 我抬头疑视着黑暗,感到自己是一个被虚荣心驱使和拨弄的可怜虫。
He felt reasonably sure that her vanity would not allow her free reign to public utterances . 他很有理由相信,她的虚荣心决不会让她放纵到公开宣扬的程度。
The self-abasement of his companion completely got the better of the passing feeling of the personal vanity . 伙伴的一番自谦的话挫败了他一时的虚荣心,使他无词可答了。
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。
Miss bart was discerning enough to know that the inner vanity is generally in proportion to the outer self-deprecation . 巴特小姐独具慧眼,能体察到一个人内在的虚荣心和表面上的自卑感是成正比的。
Because of her soul of vanity, aileen's mind ran forward in spite of herself to the wider opportunities which his words suggested . 由于虚荣心盛,爱玲的脑筋不由自主地被他话里暗示的那种广阔的前景打动了。
If it remains a while uncertain to whom the merit belongs, someone more vain than yourself may be encouraged to claim it . 当荣誉一时尚未确定归属的时候,某些虚荣心比你更强的人就会跃跃欲试,把荣誉据为己有。
This admiration was grateful to one constituted like judith, and contributed to aid her self-possession, quite as much as it fed her vanity . 这番恭维话,在一个象朱蒂丝这样的姑娘是非常爱听的,它不仅使她更加镇定了,同时也满足了她的虚荣心。