单词	vaunted
释义	vauntedvaunt‧ed /ˈvɔːntɪd $ ˈvɒːn-, ˈvɑːn-/ adjective formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINvaunted Origin: 1300-1400 Old French vanter, from Late Latin vanitare ‘to boast’, from Latin vanitas; ➔ VANITY Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The country's vaunted educational system is not as good as once thought. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But now this much vaunted initiative has foundered because there is little or no market interest in redevelopment. But what is this vaunted information currency? Modern consumers evaluated the store not on the basis of its vaunted reputation, but on what it offered them today. The much vaunted working families tax credit gives £207 a week to those with one parent in full-time work. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► much-vaunted  There’s little sign that the much-vaunted IT investment is pulling France out of recession. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► much · The much vaunted working families tax credit gives £207 a week to those with one parent in full-time work.· Surely the economic regeneration of the area was a priority, without which much vaunted training schemes were somewhat pointless. a plan, system, achievement etc that is vaunted is praised or talked about too much and in a way that is too proud:  There’s little sign that the much-vaunted IT investment is pulling France out of recession.
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