简单释义：

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n. 虚荣；虚荣心；自负；自大

网络 空虚；浮华；梳妆台

变形：

复数：vanities  

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完整释义：

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n.

1.虚荣,浮华;虚荣心,自负,自大,浮夸
2.虚荣,虚荣心,虚荣观念;自尊心
3.空虚,空洞虚幻;虚无飘渺
4.空虚;无用,无益[无聊]的事物[行为等]
5.自负,狂妄自大,妄自尊大的样子;过分卖弄
6.(妇女装随身化妆品的)小手提包
7.梳妆台
8.没用的玩意

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例句：

1. Love then decided to ask Vanity , who was passing in a beautiful vessel , for help .
   这时，虚荣乘坐着一搜漂亮的船从爱的身边驶过，爱决定问问他。

2. the vanity of mrs . hurstwood caused her to keep her person rather showily arrayed , but to hurstwood this was much better than plainness.
   赫太太爱虚荣，所以总是打扮得花枝招展的。赫斯渥认为，这总比朴素无华要好得多。

3. I feel as if I would never able to find my favorite novel the Vanity Fair.
   我觉得我再也找不回我最喜欢的那部小说《名利场》了。

4. and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.
   谁知都是虚空，都是捕风；在日光之下毫无益处。

5. Unlike her character, Emma took three years to let go of her vanity and become Hermione, she said.
   她说，不同于她的个性，她花了三年时间远离虚荣并成为女主角。

6. Adams' two terms as Vice President were frustrating experiences for a man of his vigor, intellect, and vanity.
   亚当斯两次被推选为副总统已经消磨了一个人的活力，智慧以及虚荣。

7. She was editor of Vanity Fair, one of the great phenomenal women of her day.
   她还是《名利场》的编辑，总之，一个在那个年代非常杰出的女性。

8. The Saracens say that this disease is God's vengeance against the vanity of our kingdom.
   撒拉逊人说上帝用这种疾病惩罚这个王国的空虚。