The prose of his official communications was so laboured, pompous and verbose.他笔下的公文矫揉浮华，长篇大论。He was generally disliked and regarded as a pompous ass.他常不招人待见，而且被看作是个自负的大傻帽儿。The service was grand without being pompous.仪式场...
He would be courageous calm and self assured, but neither pompous nor hypercritical.他勇敢、冷静、自信, 既不傲慢,也不虚为.Nothing could deflate his ego / pomposity , ie make him less self - assured or pompous.任何事都不能削弱他的自信心[气焰].The prose ...
At Easter, we give them plastic eggs filled with small toys, novelties and coins.复活节时，我们给他们分发塑料彩蛋，里面装着小玩具、新颖的小玩意儿和硬币。The simple things she said seemed like novelties.本来很简单的事情,由她说出来,竟象新奇事情一般动人.I bought some novelties on t...
He won't drink because he's teetotal.他不肯喝酒,因为他是滴酒不沾的.He will not be having a celebratory drink, as he is teetotal.他滴酒不沾，不会喝庆功酒的。No thank you; I happen to be teetotal.谢谢,不用了; 我正好不喝酒.He won’t drink because he’s t...
任何人都不该低估该问题的严重性。No one should mistake how serious the issue is.现在全世界的人都已认识到了这个问题的严重性。The scale of the problem is now universally recognised.警方只能猜测问题的严重性。The police can only guess at the scale of the problem....