| 单词 | proudly |
| 释义 | proudproud /praʊd/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective 1feeling pleased with your achievements, family, country, etc. because you think they are very good: You did it all by yourself? You should be very proud.proud of Your dad and I are so proud of you.proud to do/be something I’m proud to be an American.proud (that) She was proud that she had gotten the job by herself. Todd was the proud owner of a new sports car.2making you feel proud: Winning an Olympic medal was the proudest moment of her career.3having respect for yourself so that you are too embarrassed to accept help from other people when you are in a difficult situation: Many farmers then were too proud to ask for government help.4do somebody proud informal to make people feel proud of you by doing something well: The soldiers have done their country proud.5disapproving thinking that you are more important, skillful, etc. than you really are OPP humble: He was a proud man who refused to admit his mistakes.THESAURUSarrogant – behaving in a rude or too confident way because you think you are more important, interesting, or intelligent than other people: He was too arrogant to listen to any of our ideas.egotistical formal – believing that you are more important, interesting, or intelligent than other people and that you do not need to think or care about them: She’s so egotistical, she thinks she can do the job by herself.conceited – too proud of yourself, especially of what you can do or of the way you look: He’s so conceited! He thinks every girl likes him.vain – too proud, especially of the way you look: Eva was too vain to wear glasses.smug – quietly proud of yourself in a way that annoys other people: From her smug smile, I could tell that she had found the right answer before me.haughty formal – behaving in a very proud and unfriendly way and believing that you are more important or better than other people: His wife was a haughty woman, who expected everyone to obey her wishes.snobbish – thinking that you are better than other people because you are from a higher social class: Her snobbish parents didn’t like her boyfriend because he didn’t go to college.pompous – behaving in a proud and serious way, and using long and formal words to sound important: She found him pompous and annoying.6literary tall and impressive: We could see the proud towers of the castle in the distance. [Origin: 1100–1200 Old French prod, prud, prou good, brave, from Late Latin prode advantage, advantageous] → see also pride1—proudly adverb |
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