vanity意为“虚荣;自负;空虚”,常用作名词,指对自身外貌、成就或地位过度的关注与骄傲。在造句时,它常与介词about、of或不定式搭配,也可直接描述某人行为。例如:“She bought the expensive dress out of sheer vanity.”(她纯粹出于虚荣买了那条昂贵的裙子。)典型用法包括:vanity about one's appearance(对外表的虚荣),the vanity of human wishes(人类愿望的虚无),以及短语“vanity project”(炫耀性项目)。掌握这些搭配能帮你造出地道的句子。

【常见问题】
问题1:如何用vanity造句表示“他因虚荣而炫耀财富”?
答案1:可以用“He flaunts his wealth out of vanity.”或“His vanity drives him to show off his possessions.”其中vanity直接描述原因。
问题2:vanity造句时能否用复数形式vanities?
答案2:可以,vanities指“虚荣心(多种表现)”或“梳妆台”。例如:“She spends hours at her vanity before going out.”(这里vanity为梳妆台。)而“His many vanities annoyed his friends.”指多种虚荣行为。
问题3:有没有包含vanity的常用固定短语可以造句?
答案3:有,常见短语包括“vanity fair”(名利场)、“vanity plate”(个性化车牌)和“vanity project”(炫耀性项目)。例如:“The new skyscraper is just a vanity project for the mayor.”(那座新摩天大楼不过是市长的虚荣工程。)
问题4:vanity造句时需要注意什么语法搭配?
答案4:注意介词的准确:通常说“be vain about something”,但名词vanity后接of(如“the vanity of his ambitions”)或about(如“vanity about her hair”)。不定式结构也很自然:“It was vanity to think he could win easily.”(认为他能轻松获胜是虚荣的想法。)


