vaunted

• adj. 自夸的；大肆吹嘘的
• v. 夸耀；吹牛（vaunt的过去分词）

来自拉丁语vanus,虚无的，自大的，词源同vain,vanity.

1. Simpson's much vaunted discoveries are in fact commonplace in modern sociology.

辛普森的那些被大肆称赞的发现在现代社会学中实际上都不足为奇。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Its vaunted security procedures hadn't worked.

它那套被大肆吹嘘的安保程序并没有发挥作用。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.

他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。

来自《权威词典》

4. That's something that not even the vaunted U.S. medical research establishment can do by itself.

这项工作即使是自负的美国医学研究机构也是无法独立完成的.

来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术制药疫苗

5. His plays were being well enough received to render the most vaunted dramatists uneasy.

他的剧本受到人们欢迎,足以使最自负的剧作家也为之不安.

来自辞典例句