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词组 proud
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proud /praʊd/ adjective feeling pleased about your achievements or possessions, or about the achievements of your family, your country etcadverbsvery/really proud Your family must be very proud of you.extremely/immensely/intensely proud He said he was immensely proud to have been elected prime minister. | She was intensely proud of being Japanese.fiercely proud (=extremely proud of something and reacting strongly if anyone criticizes them) They are fiercely proud of their native land.rather proud She was rather proud of herself for having the idea.justifiably/justly/rightly proud (=with good reason) He is justifiably proud of what he and his father achieved.verbsfeel proud I felt very proud of my son when he got his master’s degree.seem proud She seems proud to be like her father.make sb proud His success made his parents very proud.nounsthe proud owner (of sth) also the proud possessor of sth formal She is now the proud owner of a new sports car.a proud mother/father/parent Mark is the proud father of a three-week-old baby boy.prepositionsproud of sb/sth The company is justly proud of its achievements.proud of yourself You should be proud of yourself – getting an A in English isn’t easy.phrasessomething to be proud of His past achievements are certainly something to be proud of.have every/good reason to be proud (=it is right that someone is proud) We have every reason to be proud of our country’s health service.THESAURUS: proud arrogant disapproving behaving in an unpleasant and annoying way, because you think you are better or know more than other people, and that your opinions are always right: He was arrogant and regarded people who disagreed with him as fools. | Helen had an arrogant attitude and seemed to think that she deserved special treatment. | Doreen tossed her head in an arrogant manner. "I couldn't care less about what you think." | He felt that Americans were too arrogant in their dealings with other nations. vain disapproving too proud of your appearance, in a way that annoys other people: He’s so vain – he thinks all the girls want to go out with him. | Andrew was very vain about his looks and spent hours in the gym. conceited/big-headed disapproving proud of yourself because you think you are very intelligent, skilful, beautiful etc, especially without good reason and in a way that annoys people: One of her friends had fallen madly in love with an artist, a rather conceited young man named Stewart. | She became incredibly big-headed after she was offered the job. | I don't know how to say this without sounding conceited, but he's something rather special, my son. pompous disapproving thinking that you are much more important than you really are, and using very long and formal words to try to sound important: The clerk was a pompous little man with glasses. | I didn't want to sound pompous. smug disapprovingexpression | smile | grin | satisfaction pleased with yourself in a quiet but annoying way because you think you are in a better position than other people: I'd like to wipe that smug expression off his face. | He leaned back in his chair with an air of smug satisfaction on his face. | Milly was looking very smug about coming top of the class. self-satisfied disapprovingexpression | smile | face pleased with what you have achieved and showing it clearly in an annoying way: She could see by his self-satisfied expression that he knew he had won. | Janice climbed into her new sports car and looked around her with a self-satisfied smile. | She glared angrily into his self-satisfied face. pleased with yourself feeling pleased because something good has happened, especially because you think you have been very clever, skilful etc: He was smoking a big cigar and was obviously pleased with himself. | I had made a big profit and was feeling pretty pleased with myself.
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