詞彙精選：pride的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

n.

自豪 [U]

例句：

The faltering and the self-doubt has given way to achievement and Pride.

動搖和遲疑已經讓位於成就和自豪。

例句：

His lithe athlete's body had been his pride through most of the fifty-six years.

他那輕巧自如的運動員體格，五十六年來幾乎一直使他感到自豪。

自尊心 [U]

例句：

She also retains her pride as a Swiss and her love for the Swiss culture.

她依然存有瑞士人的自尊心，以及喜愛瑞士的風俗文化。

例句：

Few people will submit to having their pride injured.

很少人甘願讓自尊心受到傷害。

驕傲，傲慢，自大 [U]

例句：

His pride procured his downfall.

他的驕傲使他垮臺了。

例句：

Do not let your pride stop you from maturing.

不要讓你的驕傲阻礙你不斷成熟。

（獅）羣 [C]

例句：

He's the subdominant male in a pride of lions.

他是獅羣中僅次於獅王的一頭雄獅。

例句：

Lightning fast, the pride closes in, targeting a calf trailing the rest of the herd.

剎那間，獅羣收緊了包圍，把目標鎖定在一頭掉隊的幼年水牛上。

v.

（使）得意，自豪 [I,T]

例句：

We pride ourselves that our quality copier is only half of the story.

我們自己感到自豪的是，我們的複印機質量好僅僅是一個方面。

例句：

The staff at Round Hill pride themselves on building personal relationships with their guests.

環山酒店的員工們都以和客人們建立的融洽個人友誼而感到非常自豪。

二、詞義辨析：

boast,brag,crow,pride

這些動詞均含有“自誇，吹噓”之意。boast普通用詞，指對自己所做的事，自己的長處、財富以及家庭等的誇耀，常含言過其實的意味。brag非正式用詞，其誇耀和吹噓意味強於boast，到了過分誇大，有時令人討厭的地步。crow多指大聲吵嚷地吹噓，誇耀自己做某事比他人做得好。pride與boast的意義較接近，指炫耀、誇口，自鳴得意，常與反身代詞連用。

三、相關短語：

pride of place

n. 首要的地位,傲慢

with pride

自豪地,驕傲地

pride oneself

使得意(on/upon)

四、參考例句：

His pride procured his downfall.

他的驕傲使他垮臺了。

Pride goes before a fall.

［諺］驕者必敗。

They pride themselves on their independence.

他們爲能獨立而感到驕傲。

His pride of knowledge is ridiculous.

他以學問自詡是可笑的。

Pride is the parent of all evils.

驕傲乃萬惡之源。

She takes pride in her designs.

她對自己的設計很自豪。

That's how pride takes root.

這會增強他們的信心。

You have pride and so have I.

你有自尊心，我也有。

I always take pride in my work.

我總爲自己的工作感到自豪。

She takes pride in her handsome sons.

她以她英俊的兒子們而自豪。