Conceit is very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great.
例句
He knew, without conceit, he was considered a genius...不是他自命不凡,他知道大家認為他是個天才。Pamela knew she was a good student, and that was not just a conceit.帕梅拉知道自己是個好學(xué)生,而這絕不僅僅是自負。
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(文學(xué)中)巧妙的比喻,別出心裁的對比
In literature, a conceit is a clever or unusual metaphor or comparison.
例句
Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.批評家們可能會認為小說的核心比喻過于簡單。