vanity

• n.虚栄心、空虚さ、華やかさ、無価値感

うぬぼれ、うぬぼれ、むなしい、むなしいから。語源的にはvaingloryと同じ。

vanity

vanity: see vain

vanity (n.)

c. 1200, "that which is vain, futile, or worthless," from Old French vanite "self-conceit; futility; lack of resolve" (12c.), from Latin vanitatem (nominative vanitas) "emptiness, aimlessness; falsity," figuratively "vainglory, foolish pride," from vanus "empty, vain, idle" (see vain). Meaning "self-conceited" in English is attested from mid-14c. Vanity table is attested from 1936. Vanity Fair is from "Pilgrim's Progress" (1678).

1. Frank Deford is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine.

フランク?フォードは雑誌『名利場』の特約編集者である。

2.Men who use steroids are motivated by sheer vanity .

ステロイドを使う男は純粋に虚栄心に駆られている。

3.A man 's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance.

一人の虚栄心は実際には彼の愚かさに比例している。

4.The woman is always feeling after vanity .

この女性は一貫して虚栄心を追求している。

5.His vanity increased with years.

彼の虚栄心は年齢とともに増加した。