vaunted

英 [ˈvɔːntɪd]

美 [ˈvɔːntɪd]

adj.  被吹嘘的; 被夸耀的
v.  吹嘘；自负
vaunt的过去分词和过去式

BNC.35841 / COCA.19563

牛津词典

adj.

• 被吹嘘的；被夸耀的
  proudly talked about or praised as being very good, especially when this is not deserved
  1. Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.
     他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 被吹嘘的;被过分夸耀的
  If you describe something asvauntedormuch vaunted, you mean that people praise it more than it deserves.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Few dictionaries other than the vaunted Oxford English Dictionary provide enough usage examples.
  除了自负的《牛津英语词典》之外，很少有字典能提供足够的用法示例。
• Concerns about the consequences for the country's vaunted tourism industry have intensified as the French economy has stagnated.
  在法国经济停滞不前之际，人们越来越担心这会给该国引以为傲的旅游产业带来负面影响。
• In the third quarter of last year despite the vaunted recovery of the UK economy real gross domestic product per head was the same as in the third quarter of 2006 and 1.8 per cent lower than in the first quarter of 2008 ( the pre-crisis peak).
  去年第三季度，尽管英国自诩实现经济复苏，但实际人均国内生产总值（GDP）仅与2006年第三季度持平，与2008年第一季度的数字（危机前的峰值）相比则低了1.8%。
• Many Ford customers were dissatisfied with its vaunted sync interface that integrates hand-free telephony, entertainment and voice-recognition.
  福特Sync界面集成了免提电话、娱乐和语音识别功能。
• I was surprised to find that his much vaunted car was old and of a rather common kind.
  我很吃惊地发现，他那大大吹嘘的车子竟是辆很平常的旧车。
• He wants to avoid confrontation with both the government and the Americans during the security crackdown, led by a vaunted "surge" of American troops, just starting in Baghdad.
  对于美军对巴格达增兵并和与伊拉克政府联手控制安全局势来说，Muqtadaal-Sadr不愿与他们正面冲突。
• He believes there is much more the Swedish group could do in communication and marketing, particularly of its vaunted reputation for safety, a big asset in China.
  他认为这家瑞典集团在沟通和营销上还有许多不足，特别是在该公司引以为傲的安全口碑方面，这在中国可是一大资产。
• But of all the vaunted beauty spots of the West Lake, the first I herd of was Leifeng Pagoda.
  然而一切西湖胜迹的名目之中.我知道得最早的却是这雷峰塔。
• Masdar even has a$ 4 million award program the Zayed future energy prize like the vaunted X-Prize.
  马斯达尔还设立了一项奖金总额为400万美元的扎耶德未来能源奖（ZayedFutureEnergyPrize），类似于闻名于世的埃克斯奖（X-Prize）。
• Their much vaunted reforms did not materialize.
  他们大肆吹嘘的改革并没有实现。