1) Comfort is better than pride.
轻松胜于虚荣。
2) do sth. out of vanity
出于虚荣做某事
3) from mere vanity
纯粹出于虚荣
4) It is better to die with honour than to live in infamy.
光荣的死胜于羞辱的生。
5) peacockish adj.
过于自负的;虚荣心强的;虚荣的
6) vanity
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虚荣
1.
This paper expounds the four major psycological traits in the mentality of the American people—squeamishness,fear,prudery and vanity,and analyses the words and expres- sions they have brought about in the American speech.
分析了美国心态的四大特征:过份敏感、恐惧、假正经和虚荣以及在美国语言中由此产生的众多言辞;指出该四种心态虽不实事求是,但在美国人的现实生活中具有积极意义。
2.
But, if we probe her real life and examine her works carefully ,we would find that what constitute Zhang Ailing s character are her pessimism, suspicions, vanity and vulgarity,which come from her hostility and hatred to thesociety and to others.
但是，如果我们深入探寻张爱玲的生命轨迹，全面梳理她的作品，就会发现，构成张爱玲性格主体的，却是她的悲观多疑与虚荣庸俗，是其对社会、对他人的敌视与仇恨。
补充资料：轻松
1.轻软松散。 2.不感到有负担;不紧张。 3.轻易，方便。 4.放松，管束不严。
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