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看Al Pacino怎么说

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Vanity, definitely my favorite sin.

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Last Updated: 2014-7-7
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  • 工作学习 / 外语学习 / 请问‘爱慕虚荣’英文怎么说？ -davidsz08(我来劲了); 2014-7-6 (#8861137@0)
    • Excessive vanity or vainglory. Did you know Vanity Fair? -redneck(Cracker); 2014-7-6 (#8861144@0)
      • no, whats that about? -davidsz08(我来劲了); 2014-7-6 (#8861151@0)
        • 名利场 You might have seen it at checkout counters of drug stores, grocery stores or convenience stores. -redneck(Cracker); 2014-7-6 (#8861173@0)
          • Ive never paid any attention to these magazines -davidsz08(我来劲了); 2014-7-6 (#8861187@0)
            • It's fair to say that money, vanity and power are core values of capitalism. What type of magazines and newspapers do you read? -redneck(Cracker); 2014-7-6 (#8861204@0)
              • From my point of view, the core values of capitalism are fair competition and free market. I rarely read English magazines because Im still working on my listening and speaking -davidsz08(我来劲了); 2014-7-6 (#8861257@0)
              • Out of curiosity, what type of magazines and newspapers do you read? -redneck(Cracker); 15:13 (#8861204@0) -geekcode(文心雕码); 2014-7-6 (#8861308@0)
                • Limited paper version subscriptions but a fair amount of reading online -redneck(Cracker); 2014-7-6 {388} (#8861428@0)
                  Paper version subscriptions
                  Bloomberg Businessweek & Time
                  the Globe and Mail
                  Occasional purchases from newsstand
                  Fortune , The Economist & NYT

                  Online reading & browsing
                  Toronto Star & National Post
                  NYT, Washington Post & Financial Times
                  Maclean's, Canadian Business
                  Fortune & The Economist
                  Occasional online browsing if related to news that interests me
                  People & Vanity Fair
                  • A nice long list -geekcode(文心雕码); 2014-7-6 {83} (#8861707@0)
                    though surprised how you found the core values of capitalism out of such a list. :)
                    • By reading success stories of successful people. -redneck(Cracker); 2014-7-6 (#8861720@0)
    • 不明白为啥你们喜欢吧中文里的词一个一个找出个英文对应来？ -catchingfire(百合); 2014-7-6 (#8861346@0)
      • 这不正在学英文吗哪能跟您这种学成了的比？ -davidsz08(我来劲了); 2014-7-6 (#8861350@0)
        • 我也没学成，但是我觉得不能把中文一个一个的翻译成相对应的英文，大多数时候翻出来怪怪的。 -catchingfire(百合); 2014-7-6 (#8861362@0)
      • I am really curious about how you could find out the expression of ‘爱慕虚荣’ in English. Have you thought in English naturally ever since you started to pick up the foreign language? -softface(探长); 2014-7-6 (#8861439@0)
        • 最近发现9岁儿子虚荣心很强，爱表现，输不起，准备严肃帮助他dress this issue, 苦于找不到合适的词，for personality, vanity好像有虚伪的意思 -davidsz08(我来劲了); 2014-7-7 (#8862090@0)
          • Excellent -redneck(Cracker); 2014-7-7 {25} (#8862095@0)
            Address is a better word.
          • Well, I believe you are able to help him improve himself without using that specific word. Talking to your own kid is a lot easier. Some simple words can express the same meaning and pass your ideas through. -sailor(Ocean & Mountain); 2014-7-7 (#8862506@0)
            • Agreed. -redneck(Cracker); 2014-7-7 (#8862523@0)
          • big-headed ？ -softface(探长); 2014-7-9 (#8865565@0)
    • 看Al Pacino怎么说 -veronicacan(唯唯安安); 2014-7-7 {169} (#8862629@0)
      Vanity, definitely my favorite sin.

      • 黑老大嘛，当然不一样啦 -dandelion1(蒲公英); 2014-7-7 (#8862654@0)
    • vain? -ultrasonic(ultrasonic); 2014-7-8 (#8864284@0)

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