词汇精选：haughty的用法和辨析

一、词义辨析：

haughty,proud,arrogant,vain

这些形容词都有“骄傲的，傲慢的”之意。haughty较正式用词，多用于贬义。指对身份或地位比自己低的人采取冷淡、轻视或鄙互的态度。proud含义广，普通用词。褒义指自豪和荣耀以及强烈的自尊；贬义则指傲慢，自以为是或自鸣得意。arrogant用于贬义，指过高估计自己，以致骄傲自大或傲慢无礼，目中无人。vain指一个对自己的外表或对自己留给别的印象太过分地关注，以致自命不凡，自鸣得意。

二、参考例句：

They were displeased with her haughty airs.

他们讨厌她高傲的派头。

The nobles treated the common people with haughty contempt.

贵族对待平民趾高气扬不可一世。

Thorin was very haughty and said nothing after entering the door.

索林非常倨傲，进门以后一句话也没说。

Pride goeth before destruction and an haughty spirit before a fall.

骄傲导向灭亡，傲慢必衰败。

Her haughty manners were meant to deceive us into thinking she was an aristocrat.

她那趾高气扬的行为是故意要欺骗我们使我们认为她是一个贵族。

They are rude and haughty, jealous of their social status and eager to show off their power.

他们粗鲁、目中无人，小心翼翼地守护着自己的社会地位，并乐意炫耀权力。

One should not be arrogant and haughty , but he should have a self-respecting and unyielding character.(Xu Beihong)

人不可有傲气，但不可无傲骨。(徐悲鸿)

He was a man of about sixty, handsomely dressed, haughty in manner and with a face like a fine mask.

他大约六十岁，衣服华美态度傲昂，有一张好像一副精致的假面具似的脸。

At the beginning of this story we can see Cher as a haughty and materialistic girl, but finally she realizes the most valuable things in her life.

在这个故事的开始我们可以看到Cher是一个傲慢自大的物质至上的女孩，但是她最终意识到了她生活中最重要的事究竟是什么。