vanity

vanità

Orgoglio eccessivo per il proprio aspetto, le capacità, i successi o ciò che si possiede.

In inglese semplice: Too much pride in your looks, abilities, achievements, or possessions.

• His vanity annoyed his friends.
• She bought the expensive watch out of vanity.
• The criticism wounded his vanity.

Sinonimi: conceit, self-admiration

Contrari: modesty, humility

Espressioni comuni: personal vanity, hurt someone’s vanity, sheer vanity, wounded vanity

mobile lavabo

Lavabo del bagno con un mobile sottostante.

In inglese semplice: A bathroom sink with a cupboard underneath it.

• We need a new bathroom vanity.
• The vanity has two cupboards underneath.
• They installed a double vanity beside the shower.

Sinonimi: vanity unit

Espressioni comuni: bathroom vanity, double vanity, vanity unit

vanità, futilità

Assenza di un valore reale o di uno scopo in qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: The lack of any real value or purpose in something.

• He saw only vanity in the pursuit of wealth.
• The poem explores the vanity of human ambition.
• She reflected on the vanity of their endless arguments.

Sinonimi: futility, pointlessness

Espressioni comuni: vanity of something, worldly vanity