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单词 ego trip
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ego trip

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noun Informal.

an act or course of action undertaken primarily to satisfy one's vanity or for self-gratification: Her charitable activity was one long ego trip.

Origin of ego trip

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby ego trip

ego-syntonic, EGOT, egotism, egotist, egotistic, ego trip, egotropic, e-government, EGR, egregious, egress

Definition for ego trip (2 of 2)

ego-trip
[ ee-goh-trip, eg-oh- ]
/ ˈi goʊˌtrɪp, ˈɛg oʊ- /

verb (used without object), e·go-tripped, e·go-trip·ping.Informal.

to behave in a self-serving manner.

Origin of ego-trip

First recorded in 1965–70

OTHER WORDS FROM ego-trip

ego-tripper, noun
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Example sentences from the Web for ego trip

  • I really hate those 1990s interventions where you just tripped over stuff, which was like an ego-trip.

    The Writer and the Potter: Edmund De Waal on his New York Debut|Iain Millar|September 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for ego trip

ego trip
/ informal /

noun

something undertaken to boost or draw attention to a person's own image or appraisal of himself

verb ego-trip -trips, -tripping or -tripped (intr)

to act in this way
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with ego trip

ego trip

Behavior or activities undertaken mainly out of vanity or for self-gratification. For example, She's really on an ego trip, trying out for the lead. [1960s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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