vanity ['væniti]

n.
1. 自负，虚荣

The girl's vanity surprised me.
这个女孩子的虚荣心使我吃惊。

His vanity was hurt by their talking so frankly.
他们坦率的谈话伤害了他的虚荣心。

2、虚幻，无益，空虚

the vanity of a selfish life
利己生活的空虚无聊

Her success feeds her vanity.
她的成功填补了她的空虚。

3、无价值的东西

I had forsaken the vanities of the world.
我已将人世的无聊琐事置之不理。

【背句子记单词】

Praise will only feed his vanity.
称赞只会满足他的虚荣心。

Childhood and youth is vanity.
少年气盛。