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单词 proud
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proudproud /praʊd/ adjective 1 happy because you, your family, etc. have done something good proud
very happy about what you, your family, your country, etc. have done, or happy about something you have because it is special:
  • Marco’s parents were very proud of him when he won the race.
  • Shula was very proud of her Indian heritage.
  • pleased
    happy about something good that you, your family, etc. have done:
  • Maria was very pleased with her daughter’s report card.
  • ADVERBS: proudThe adjective proud can be made into an adverb by using an -ly ending: "My son just graduated from college," he said proudly. | She proudly held up the trophy for everyone to see.
    2 too proud in a way that other people do not like proud
    very pleased with yourself so that you think that you are better or more important than other people:
  • Eduardo was a proud man who would never admit that he had made a mistake.
  • stuck up (informal)
    unfriendly because you think you are better than other people:
  • She was too stuck up to talk to people who didn’t wear the right clothes.
  • conceited
    too proud of what you can do or of the way you look:
  • He is so conceited! He thinks every girl likes him.
  • vain
    too proud of the way you look:
  • Eva was too vain to wear glasses.
  • arrogant
    behaving in a rude way because you think you are more important or intelligent than other people:
  • He is a smart boy, but he can be very arrogant about it.
  • smug
    too happy about how smart, lucky, or good you are, in a way that annoys other people:
  • “I’ve already done my homework,” she said with a smug smile.
  • self-righteous
    very sure that your beliefs and actions are right, in a way that annoys other people:
  • She criticizes other people in a self-righteous way, and forgets that everyone makes mistakes.
  • snobbish
    thinking that you are better than other people because you are from a higher social class or because you know more:
  • Her snobbish parents didn’t like her boyfriend because he hadn’t been to college.
  • ANTONYMS ➔ see modest ➔ see prideADVERBS: proudYou can make the adjectives proud, arrogant, smug, self-righteous, and snobbish into adverbs by using an -ly ending: He proudly refused any help. | "The test was easy for me," she said arrogantly. | "I've already finished reading the book," said Paul smugly.
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