n.驕傲；自豪；自尊心；引以自豪的東西
vt.以 ... 自豪
My teaching is my pride and joy. 我的教學(xué)工作是我的快樂和驕傲。
Pride was his downfall. 驕傲是他垮臺(tái)的原因。
He looked at his children with evident pride. 他看著自己的孩子,充滿自豪。
Having to accept the money was a blow to her pride. 她不得不接受這筆錢，這是對(duì)她自尊心的打擊。
I think you hurt his pride by laughing at the way he speaks English. 我覺得你嘲笑他說英語的方式刺傷了他的自尊心。
The new car was the pride of the whole family. 新汽車是全家人引以自豪之物。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)He prides himself on remaining calm in an emergency. 他在緊急關(guān)頭十分鎮(zhèn)靜為此感到驕傲。
pride作名詞是不可數(shù)名詞,用于褒意時(shí)表示“自豪,得意,自尊(心)”,用于貶義表示“驕傲自滿,妄自尊大”。
pride還可表示“引以為自豪的人或物”,常用作單數(shù)形式。
pride也可表示“一群(鳥、獸等)”,此時(shí)是可數(shù)名詞。例如:Some of the visitors are watching a pride of peacocks, while others are watching a pride of lions.一些參觀者觀賞了一群孔雀,另一些人觀賞了一群獅子。
v.(動(dòng)詞)pride的基本意思是“自豪,得意,感到驕傲”,是及物動(dòng)詞,后接反身代詞作賓語。
pride oneself on〔upon〕 sth 表示“為(做)某事而得意〔自豪〕,對(duì)(做)某事感到驕傲”。
