conceit

🇺🇸 /kənˈsiːt/ 🇬🇧 /kənˈsiːt/
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noun
R

too much pride in yourself and your abilities

His conceit made him believe he was better than everyone else.

他的自負讓他認為自己比所有人都優秀。

R

a clever idea in art or writing that tries too hard and fails

The movie's main conceit of a talking dog was not believable.

這部電影關於會說話的狗的主要構思並不令人信服。

R

a clever comparison between two different things in writing

The poet's conceit comparing love to a storm was beautiful.

詩人將愛情比作風暴的巧妙比喻非常優美。

translation

n. 自負, 矯飾, 奇喻

詞形變化

Plural conceits