英语词汇“self-elation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

self-elation n.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfᵻˈleɪʃn/

U.S.

/ˌsɛlfəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

/ˌsɛlfiˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

pride in oneself or one's achievements; (chiefly in negative sense) self-satisfaction, vainglory.

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1650 J. Godolphin Holy Limbeck 172 Little think our Philosophical Longobards..that their self-elation contracts this guilt, when Idolizing their own endowments.

1795 H. Hunt Divine Presence Best Protection 21 Self elation or despising of others: that acknowledged sin of this nation.

1844 W. H. Mill 5 Serm. Temptation Christ v. 133 The grounds of self-elation..were..the revelations with which he had been favoured by God.

1913 J. Orr Hist. & Lit. Early Church xi. 151 With this tendency to self-elation went a strong dash of personal vanity and growing love of splendour.

1993 B. Ramsay Submitting to Freedom iii. 62 Rather than work their way through the collapse of self-definitions, Americans simply raised over them a set of clichés that would provide a feeling of self-elation.

单词	self-elation
释义	> as lemmas self-elation self-elation n. Brit. /ˌsɛlfᵻˈleɪʃn/ , U.S. /ˌsɛlfəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ , /ˌsɛlfiˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ pride in oneself or one's achievements; (chiefly in negative sense) self-satisfaction, vainglory. ΚΠ 1650 J. Godolphin Holy Limbeck 172 Little think our Philosophical Longobards..that their self-elation contracts this guilt, when Idolizing their own endowments. 1795 H. Hunt Divine Presence Best Protection 21 Self elation or despising of others: that acknowledged sin of this nation. 1844 W. H. Mill 5 Serm. Temptation Christ v. 133 The grounds of self-elation..were..the revelations with which he had been favoured by God. 1913 J. Orr Hist. & Lit. Early Church xi. 151 With this tendency to self-elation went a strong dash of personal vanity and growing love of splendour. 1993 B. Ramsay Submitting to Freedom iii. 62 Rather than work their way through the collapse of self-definitions, Americans simply raised over them a set of clichés that would provide a feeling of self-elation. extracted from self-prefix < as lemmas
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