| 单词 | egotist |
| 释义 | egotist (once / 3664 pages) n An egotist is an extremely self-absorbed, bragging person. If you share some bad news with an egotist, he'll be most concerned with how it affects him. Egotists believe that the world revolves around them — when an egotist reads the newspaper, the stories that concern her most are the ones that involve her own interests. You might have a hint that a new acquaintance is an egotist if he uses the word I constantly during your conversations. Egotist was first used in the 1700s, and it initially meant specifically "talking too much about one's self," from the Latin ego, or "I." WORD FAMILYegotist: egotistical, egotists+/ego: egoism, egos, egotism, superego/egoism: egoisms, egoist, egoistic/egoist: egoists/egoistic: egoistical, egoistically/egotism: egotisms, egotist, egotistic/egotistic: egotistically/superego: superegos USAGE EXAMPLES“And, as an egotist, I am keeping myself alive. I am remembered.” New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) You could substitute any egotist’s name in that formulation,” he said on Twitter. New York Times(Oct 22, 2016) But the sitcom Mary felt overworked and overthought, too self-consciously calling back to the past with its newspaper office full of pompous egotists. The Guardian(Oct 19, 2016) n a conceited and self-centered person Syn|Hypo|Hyper egoist, swellhead blowhard, boaster, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter a very boastful and talkative person egomaniacan abnormally egotistical person exhibitionist, show-offsomeone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention know-all, know-it-allsomeone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others megalomaniaca pathological egotist miles gloriosusa braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy) popinjaya vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) grandstandersomeone who performs with an eye to the applause from spectators in the grandstand hot dog, hotdogsomeone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself poser, poseura person who habitually pretends to be something he is not disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable |
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