英语词汇“pride”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

pride noun
⇨ pride (Pride forced him to suffer in silence.) ⇨ dignity (Her pride was hurt.) ⇨ pleasure (sb's pride and joy) ⇨ satisfaction (national pride)

pride

noun

pride

♦︎

arrogance

♦︎

vanity

♦︎

egoism

♦︎

hubris

♦︎

conceitThese are all words for a feeling that you are better or more important than other people. 这些词均表示自负、傲慢。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆to appeal to sb's pride / vanity

■ pride

[uncountable]

(disapproving)

the feeling that you are better or more important than other people 自负；傲慢

◆Male pride forced him to suffer in silence.男性的自尊迫使他默默地忍受痛苦。

◆You're going to have to swallow your pride and ask for your job back.你必须收起自尊，去把工作要回来。

OPP

modesty ⇨

modest

see also

proud ⇨

proud

■ arrogance

/ /ˈærəgəns/ /

[uncountable]

(disapproving)

the behaviour of a person when they feel that they are more important than other people, know more than they do, and are certain that they are right, so that they are rude to them or do not consider them 傲慢；自大

◆He has a reputation for rudeness and intellectual arrogance.他出了名地傲慢无礼，恃才傲物。

OPP

humility ⇨

modest

see also

arrogant ⇨

proud

■ vanity

/ /ˈvænəti/ /

[uncountable]

(disapproving)

a feeling of too much pride in your own appearance, abilities or achievements 自负；自大；虚荣；虚荣心

◆She had no personal vanity (= about her appearance).她不因自己的美貌而自大虚荣。

◆The invitation to head the committee flattered his vanity and he agreed.邀请他领导这个委员会满足了他的虚荣心，他同意了。

OPP

modesty ⇨

modest

see also

vain ⇨

proud

■ egoism

/ /ˈegəʊɪzəm, ˈiːgəʊɪzəm; NAmE ˈegoʊɪzəm/

(also

egotism

/ˈegətɪzəm, ˈiːgətɪzəm/ )

[uncountable]

(disapproving)

the feeling that you are better or more important than other people, which makes you think only about yourself and talk about yourself all the time 利己主义；自高自大；自负

◆His egoism prevented him from really loving anyone but himself.他自高自大，这使他除了他自己，不可能真正地去爱一个人。

see also

ego ⇨

dignity

■ hubris

/ˈhjuːbrɪs/ /

[uncountable]

(formal

literary,

disapproving)

too much pride and too much confidence that you will succeed, especially when this seems to be punished later by failure, disaster or death 傲慢，狂妄（尤指之后似受到惩罚般遭遇失败、灾难或死亡）

◆He thought he was above the law and was ultimately punished for his hubris.他认为自己能凌驾于法律之上，最终因狂妄自大受到了惩罚。

■ conceit

/ /kənˈsiːt/ /

[uncountable]

(rather formal,

especially written,

disapproving)

too much pride in your abilities or achievements 自负；骄傲自大

◆Can you believe the conceit of the man?你能相信那人竟然这么自负吗？

see also

conceited ⇨

proud

dignity

noun

dignity

♦︎

ego

♦︎

pride

♦︎

self-esteem

♦︎

feelings

♦︎

self-respect

♦︎

self-image

♦︎

sensibilitiesThese are all words for your sense of yourself, your own importance and value. 这些词均表示人的自尊、尊严和价值。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆injured dignity / pride / self-esteem / feelings

◆wounded ego / pride / self-esteem / feelings

◆personal dignity / pride / self-esteem / feelings

◆professional dignity / pride / self-respect

◆to damage sb's dignity / ego / pride / self-esteem / self-respect

◆to hurt sb's pride / feelings

◆to bolster sb's ego / pride / self-esteem / self-image

◆to boost sb's ego / self-esteem / self-respect / self-image

◆to restore sb's dignity / pride / self-esteem / self-respect

◆to lose / keep sb's dignity / pride / self-respect

◆a loss of dignity / pride / self-esteem

◆a lack of dignity / ego / self-esteem

■ dignity

/ /ˈdɪgnəti/ /

[uncountable]

the sense you have of your own importance and value and of other people's respect for you 自尊；自豪；尊严

◆It's difficult to preserve your dignity when you have no job and no home.一个无家无业的人难以保持自己的尊严。

◆He needed a way to retreat with his dignity intact.他需要以一种方式退出而又不失尊严。

see also

dignified ⇨

proud

■ ego

/ /ˈiːgəʊ, ˈegəʊ; NAmE ˈiːgoʊ/

(

plural

egos

)

[countable

, uncountable]

(sometimes disapproving)

the opinion that you have of your own importance and value 自我价值感；自信心

◆He has the biggest ego of anyone I've ever met.他是我所见过的最自负的人。

◆Winning the prize really boosted her ego (= made her feel more confident).获得这个奖项大大增强了她的自信心。

◆It was a huge blow to his ego to find out he was so unpopular.发现自己这么不受欢迎对他的自我价值感是个巨大打击。

see also

egoism ⇨

pride

■ pride

[uncountable]

a feeling of respecting yourself and wanting other people to respect you too 自尊心；自尊；尊严

◆She refused their help out of pride.她出于自尊拒绝了他们的帮助。

◆Pride would not allow him to accept the money.自尊心不容他接受这笔钱。

◆It's time to swallow your pride (= hide your feelings of pride) and ask for help.这时候你应该收起自尊，请求帮助。

see also

proud ⇨

proud

■ ˌself-eˈsteem

/ɪˈstiːm/ /

[uncountable]

a feeling of being happy with and confident about your own character and abilities; the way you feel about yourself 自尊；自尊心

◆Some children suffer from low self-esteem and expect to do badly.有些孩子自尊心不足，对自己的期望值很低。

◆You need to build your self-esteem.你需要树立自尊心。

see also

esteem ⇨

admiration

■ feelings

[plural]

a person's emotional state, especially the extent to which they are offended, upset or embarrassed by sth 情感；感情

◆I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.我不是故意要伤害你的感情。

◆I kept off the subject of divorce so as to spare her feelings.我避开离婚这个话题，以免触及她的感情。

■ ˌself-reˈspect

[uncountable]

a feeling of respect for yourself and that what you do and say is right and valuable 自尊；自尊心

◆Despite poverty and appalling conditions, these people still manage to keep their dignity and self-respect.虽然面对贫穷和恶劣条件，这些人仍然设法保持自己的尊严和自尊。

see also

self-respecting ⇨

proud

■ ˌself-ˈimage

[countable

, usually singular

, uncountable]

the opinion or idea that you have of yourself, especially of your appearance or abilities 自我形象，自我印象（尤指外表或能力）

◆It's very easy to get a negative self-image and lose confidence.人很容易产生负面的自我形象而失去信心。

■ sensibilities

/ /ˌsensəˈbɪlətiz/ /

[plural]

(rather formal,

written)

a person's feelings about what is important to them, especially when they are easily offended or influenced （尤指易受伤害或影响的）感情

◆The article offended her religious sensibilities.那篇文章伤害了她的宗教感情。

pleasure

noun

pleasure

♦︎

delight

♦︎

joy

♦︎

privilege

♦︎

treat

♦︎

honour

♦︎

prideThese are all words for things that make you happy or bring you enjoyment. 这些词均表示令人高兴的事、乐事。

SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺

下图显示这些词所表达令人高兴的程度

pleasure	➔	delight
privilege		joy
treat		honour
		pride

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆the pleasures / delights / joys of sth

◆It's a great pleasure / joy to me that...

◆It's a pleasure / delight / joy / privilege / treat / honour to do sth

◆It's a pleasure / delight / joy to see / find...

◆a pleasure / delight / joy to behold / watch

◆a real pleasure / delight / joy / privilege / treat

◆a great pleasure / joy / privilege / honour

◆a rare joy / privilege / treat / honour

■ pleasure

[countable]

a thing that brings you enjoyment or satisfaction 乐事；快事

◆the pleasures and pains of everyday life日常生活的苦与乐

◆Chocolate is one of life's little pleasures.吃块巧克力是生活中小小的乐事之一。

◆

(spoken)

It's been a pleasure meeting you.很高兴认识你。

◆'Thanks for doing that.' 'It's a pleasure. / My pleasure.'“那事劳烦您了。”“不客气。”

OPP

pain ⇨

distress

■ delight

[countable]

a thing or person that brings you great enjoyment or satisfaction 令人高兴（或满意）的人（或事）；乐事；乐趣

◆the delights of living in the country生活在乡村的乐趣

◆Savour the culinary delights of Morocco.品尝摩洛哥的美味。

◆It was a delight to see him so fit and healthy.看到他这么健健康康的，真是高兴。

see also

delight ⇨

delight

verb

■ joy

[countable]

a thing or person that brings you great enjoyment or happiness 令人高兴的人（或事）；乐事；乐趣

◆the joys and sorrows of childhood童年的欢乐和悲伤

◆a dancer who is a joy to watch让观众愉悦快乐的舞者

OPP

grief

sorrow ⇨

grief

NOTE 辨析 Pleasure, delight or joy?A delight or joy is greater than a pleasure; a person, especially a child, can be a delight or joy, but not a pleasure; joys are often contrasted with sorrows, but delights are not. * delight和joy比pleasure语义强；delight和joy可指人，尤其是小孩子，但是pleasure不可以。joys常与sorrows形成反义对比，delights不这样用。

■ privilege

/ /ˈprɪvəlɪdʒ/ /

[singular]

(rather formal)

something that you are proud and lucky to have the opportunity to do 荣幸；荣耀；光荣

◆I hope to have the privilege of working with them again.但愿有幸与他们再度合作。

◆It was a great privilege to hear her sing.听到她唱歌真是三生有幸。

▸

privileged

adjective

[not before noun]

◆We are privileged to welcome you as our speaker this evening.我们荣幸地欢迎您今晚来演讲。

■ treat

[countable]

(informal,

especially spoken)

a thing that sb enjoyed or is likely to enjoy very much 乐事；乐趣

◆You've never been to this area before? Then you're in for a real treat. / you have a real treat in store.你以前从来没有来过这个地方？那么你一定会喜之不尽。

◆

(especially BrE)

If you have never seen one of these fish then you have missed a treat.你如果从来没有见过这样的鱼，那真是错过了大饱眼福的机会。

■ honour

(BrE)

(NAmE honor)

[singular]

(formal)

something that you are very pleased or proud to do because people are showing you great respect 荣幸；光荣

◆It was a great honour to be invited here today.今天承蒙邀请到此，深感荣幸。

▸

honoured

(BrE)

(NAmE honored)

adjective

[not before noun]

◆I felt honoured to have been mentioned in his speech.他在讲话中提到了我，真是荣幸。

■ pride

[singular]

a person or thing that gives people a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction 值得自豪的人（或事物）

◆The new sports stadium is the pride of the town.新建的体育场是这个城市的骄傲。

◆He loves that boat, it's his pride and joy.他喜爱那艘船，那是他引以为傲的东西。

satisfaction

noun

➡ See also the entry for

⇨ joy

另见joy条

satisfaction

♦︎

happiness

♦︎

pride

♦︎

contentment

♦︎

fulfilmentThese are all words for the good feeling that you have when you are happy or when you have achieved sth. 这些词均表示满意、欣慰、自豪。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆satisfaction / happiness / pride / contentment / fulfilment in sth

◆with satisfaction / pride / contentment

◆great satisfaction / happiness / pride

◆real satisfaction / happiness / pride / contentment / fulfilment

◆true satisfaction / happiness / contentment / fulfilment

◆deep satisfaction / happiness / contentment

◆quiet satisfaction / pride / contentment

◆to feel satisfaction / happiness / pride / contentment

◆to bring sb satisfaction / happiness / pride / contentment / fulfilment

◆to give sb satisfaction / happiness

◆to find satisfaction / happiness / contentment / fulfilment

◆to take satisfaction / pride in sth

◆to sigh with satisfaction / happiness / contentment

■ satisfaction

[uncountable]

the good feeling that you have when you have achieved sth or when sth that you wanted to happen does happen （取得成就或愿望实现时的）满足，满意，欣慰

◆He derived great satisfaction from knowing that his son was happy.得知儿子幸福，他感到特别欣慰。

◆She had the satisfaction of seeing her book become a best-seller.看到自己的作品成了畅销书，她满心欢喜。

◆The company is trying to improve customer satisfaction.公司力图改进，让顾客更加满意。

◆How would you rate your level of job satisfaction?你觉得自己从工作中得到的满足感有多高？

OPP

regret ⇨

grief

dissatisfaction ⇨

unhappy

ⓘ You feel regret when you have not achieved all that you wanted; you feel dissatisfaction when other people do not do things, or things do not happen, as you want. Dissatisfaction is rather formal. * regret指没能达到自己所有的目标而感到的遗憾；dissatisfaction指别人没有按照你的意愿去行事，或事情发展不如所愿时的不满。dissatisfaction相当正式

◆Many people have expressed their dissatisfaction with the arrangement.许多人对这一安排表示不满。

see also

satisfied ⇨

happy

■ happiness

[uncountable]

the good feeling that you have when you are happy 幸福；快乐

◆Her eyes shone with happiness.她双眼闪烁着幸福的光芒。

◆Money can't buy you happiness.金钱买不到幸福。

OPP

sadness

unhappiness ⇨

grief

see also

happy ⇨

happy

■ pride

[uncountable

, singular]

a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done sth well or own sth that other people admire 自豪；骄傲；得意感

◆The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride.看到儿子毕业，她充满了自豪。

◆Success in sport is a source of national pride.体育成就能带来民族自豪感。

◆I take (a) pride in my work.我为自己的工作感到骄傲。

OPP

shame ⇨

guilt

see also

proud ⇨

glad

pride yourself on sth ⇨

boast

■ contentment

[uncountable]

(rather formal)

a feeling of happiness or satisfaction with what you have （对所拥有的事物的）满意，满足

◆They found contentment in living a simple life.他们对简朴的生活感到满足。

see also

content

contented ⇨

happy

■ fulfilment

(BrE)

(NAmE fulfillment)

[uncountable]

a feeling of happiness or satisfaction with what you do or have done （对自己所做或完成的事情的）成就感，满足

◆her search for personal fulfilment她对个人成就的追求

NOTE 辨析 Satisfaction, happiness, contentment or fulfilment?You can feel satisfaction at achieving almost anything, small or large; you feel fulfilment when you do sth useful and enjoyable with your life. Happiness is the feeling you have when things give you pleasure and can be quite a lively feeling; contentment is a quieter feeling that you get when you have learned to find pleasure in things. * satisfaction指取得任何成就时的满足感，不论成就大小；fulfilment指做了有用且令人愉快的事情时的满足感；happiness指令人欢快愉悦的幸福感；contentment指学会了从事情中寻求快乐而内心平和的满足。