Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense prides, present participle priding, past tense, past participle prided
1N-UNCOUNT 自豪;得意Pride is a feeling of satisfaction which you have because you or people close to you have done something good or possess something good. 自豪;得意
...the sense of pride in a job well done. [+ in]
做好一项工作的自豪感
We take pride in offering you the highest standards. [+ in]
我们为向您提供最高标准的服务而感到自豪。
They can look back on their endeavours with pride.
4VERB 为…感到自豪;对…感到得意 If you pride yourself on a quality or skill that you have, you are very proud of it. 为…感到自豪;对…感到得意
Smith prides himself on being able to organise his own life. [V pron-refl + on]
史密斯对能够把自己的生活安排得井井有条感到很得意。
Doyle prides himself on his accuracy. [V pron-refl on -ing/n]
道尔为自己的准确无误感到自豪。
5N-COUNT [usually NOUNof n](狮)群 A pride of lions is a group of lions that live together. (狮)群
6PHRASE 引以为豪的人(或事物) Someone or something that is your pride and joy is very important to you and makes you feel very happy. 引以为豪的人(或事物)
The bike soon became his pride and joy.
这辆自行车很快就成了他的骄傲。
7PHRASE 首要地位;最重要的地位 If something takes pride of place, it is treated as the most important thing in a group of things. 首要地位;最重要的地位
A three-foot-high silver World Championship cup takes pride of place near a carved wooden chair.
一个3英尺高的世界锦标赛银质奖杯放在一把木雕椅附近,位置非常显眼。
The manifesto gives pride of place to job creation.
这项宣言将创造工作机会放在首位。
8PHRASE [VERB inflects]放下自尊;忍气吞声;放下架子 If you swallow your pride, you decide to do something even though you think it will cause you to lose some respect. 放下自尊;忍气吞声;放下架子
No doubt his old mother would now swallow her pride and go and live with Gladys.
无疑,他的老母亲如今只能放下身价,去和格拉迪斯住在一起。
Quotations
Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fallBible: Proverbs
And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humilitySamuel Taylor ColeridgeThe Devil's Thoughts