英语词汇“bonfire of vanities”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. bonfire of (the) vanities: a fire built to burn objects that are prohibited or condemned as conducive to vanity; (figurative) vanity, greed, and self-interest viewed as an all-consuming and destructive force. [Perhaps after Italian falò delle vanità (late 19th cent. or earlier), with reference to (voluntary) public burnings of items like cosmetics, mirrors, luxurious clothing, etc., in 15th-cent. Italy, now especially associated with Girolamo Savonarola (1452–98), Italian Dominican monk and reformer (compare Savonarola n.). In later use popularized by the title of a novel by Tom Wolfe (see quot. 1987), in which the ‘bonfire of vanities’ is used as a metaphor for the excesses of 1980s New York.]

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1858 Christian Remembrancer Oct. 493 The man who, not long before,..could so persuade the city that a bonfire was made of its pomps and vanities, was now..cursed as a monster .]

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. iv. 40 Take off that necklace and unclasp that belt, that they may be burned in the holy Bonfire of Vanities, and save you from burning.

1903 Daily Mail 4 July 7/5 Help me dismantle the house, and we'll have a bonfire of vanities which will outshine that the good old vandal had in Florence.

1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 425/1 In this pile we see the modern mind getting ready for its ‘bonfire of the vanities’.

1934 H. Vaughan Thing of Nought 25 He would have made a ‘bonfire of vanities’ and condemned to the flames whatever ministered to the gaiety of life.

1987 T. Wolfe (title) Bonfire of the vanities.

1990 Tennis Oct. 33/1 Many social critics concluded that the '80s was the decade of greed and aggressive selfishness—one shameless and endless bonfire of the vanities.

2003 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 11 May 13/4 What drew him was the prestige and power he associated with the Barnes... This..seems ludicrous and sad..a bonfire of second-rate vanities.

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释义	> as lemmas bonfire of (the) vanities P2. bonfire of (the) vanities: a fire built to burn objects that are prohibited or condemned as conducive to vanity; (figurative) vanity, greed, and self-interest viewed as an all-consuming and destructive force. [Perhaps after Italian falò delle vanità (late 19th cent. or earlier), with reference to (voluntary) public burnings of items like cosmetics, mirrors, luxurious clothing, etc., in 15th-cent. Italy, now especially associated with Girolamo Savonarola (1452–98), Italian Dominican monk and reformer (compare Savonarola n.). In later use popularized by the title of a novel by Tom Wolfe (see quot. 1987), in which the ‘bonfire of vanities’ is used as a metaphor for the excesses of 1980s New York.] ΚΠ 1858 Christian Remembrancer Oct. 493 The man who, not long before,..could so persuade the city that a bonfire was made of its pomps and vanities, was now..cursed as a monster .] 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. iv. 40 Take off that necklace and unclasp that belt, that they may be burned in the holy Bonfire of Vanities, and save you from burning. 1903 Daily Mail 4 July 7/5 Help me dismantle the house, and we'll have a bonfire of vanities which will outshine that the good old vandal had in Florence. 1925 Cent. Mag. Jan. 425/1 In this pile we see the modern mind getting ready for its ‘bonfire of the vanities’. 1934 H. Vaughan Thing of Nought 25 He would have made a ‘bonfire of vanities’ and condemned to the flames whatever ministered to the gaiety of life. 1987 T. Wolfe (title) Bonfire of the vanities. 1990 Tennis Oct. 33/1 Many social critics concluded that the '80s was the decade of greed and aggressive selfishness—one shameless and endless bonfire of the vanities. 2003 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 11 May 13/4 What drew him was the prestige and power he associated with the Barnes... This..seems ludicrous and sad..a bonfire of second-rate vanities. extracted from bonfiren. < as lemmas
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