"he could always come up with some inspired off-the-wall conceit"
"the architect's brilliant conceit was to build the house around the tree"
1.自负;自高自大
conceit is very great pride in your abilities or achievements that other people feel is too great.
e.g. He knew, withoutconceit, he was considered a genius...
不是他自命不凡，他知道大家认为他是个天才。
e.g. Pamela knew she was a good student, and that was not just aconceit.
帕梅拉知道自己是个好学生，而这绝不仅仅是自负。
2.(文学中)巧妙的比喻，别出心裁的对比
In literature, aconceit is a clever or unusual metaphor or comparison.
e.g. Critics may complain that the novel's centralconceit is rather simplistic.
批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。
1. 幻想：他开始幻想(conceit)高山上所有的动物都来朝拜新的高山之王的盛况,争相对他欢呼的情景. 小甲虫得意的乱飞舞,好像在接受臣民拥戴一样.
2. conceit什么意思
2. 自负：concede 让步,承认 |conceit 自负 | concentrate 集中,浓缩
这个年轻人非常自负。
No one admires a man who is full of conceit.没有人喜欢一个十分自负的人。
He jotted down his conceits of his idle hours.他记下闲暇时自己想到的一些念头。
I don't have much conceit of his poems.我对他的诗作没有什么好评。
The ill-advised conceit of the guardian angel dooms the film from the start.对守护天使的蹩脚设计弄巧成拙，从一开始就注定这部电影要失败。
The idea of the wind singing is a romantic conceit.风儿在唱歌这一巧妙的比喻很有浪漫色彩。
He knew, without conceit, he was considered a genius...不是他自命不凡，他知道大家认为他是个天才。
Pamela knew she was a good student, and that was not just a conceit.帕梅拉知道自己是个好学生，而这绝不仅仅是自负。
Critics may complain that the novel's central conceit is rather simplistic.批评家们可能会认为小说的核心比喻过于简单。
conceit comes from shallowness; arrogance is due to ignorance.骄傲来自浅薄, 狂妄出于无知.
The rich man's wealth is his city , and as an high wall in his own conceit.11富足人的财物是他的坚城, 在他心想,犹如高墙.
As conceit makes one lag behind, so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后, 谦虚使人进步.
Someone said that tardiness is the subtlest form of selflove and conceit.有人说迟到是自私和自负的最微妙的表现形式.
No one admires a man who is full of conceit.没有人喜欢一个十分自负的人.
Fools are wise in their conceit.傻子自以为聪明.
I am out of conceit with the urban life.我对城市生活已经厌倦了.
Knowledge is a matter of science, and no dishonesty or conceit whatsoever is permissible.知识的问题是一个科学问题, 来不得半点虚伪和骄傲.
History tells us that modesty leads to success and conceit, to failure.历史告戒我们,谦逊是人成功,骄傲使人失败.
conceit and complacency are the archenemy of unity.骄傲自满是团结的大敌.
The lad has a large conceit of himeself.那个小子自命不凡.
Error is often the precursor of a correct, but conceit is the a fail.错误往往是正确的先导, 骄傲往往是跌倒的前奏.
Modesty helps one to go forward [ make progress ]; conceit makes one lag behind.虚心 使人进步, 骄傲使人落后.
Error is often the precursor of what is correct, but conceit is the prelude to a fall.错误往往是正确的先导, 骄傲是跌跤的前奏.
He is wise in his own conceit.他自认为聪明.
There is a savo ( u ) r of conceit in everything he says.他所说的所有的话都有自负的意味.
conceit is associated with stupidity and ignorance.骄傲的朋友是愚蠢和无知.
conceit is the enemy of [ to ] progress.骄傲是进步的 大敌.
A fool is wise in his own conceit.蠢人自以为聪明.
But bloating, laxity, conceit, extravagance and inertia are to be found in certain degrees.现在是有点肿 、 散 、 骄 、 奢、惰.
She seems to be eaten up with her own conceit.她仿佛已经被骄傲冲昏了头脑.
He realizes that conceit has set measures to his progress.他意识到自高自大限制了他的进步.
He's full of conceit.他十分自负.
Fluent in language to express their conceits.
出自：T. FullerA glimmering conceit of some such thing.
出自：C. LambHim and his worth and our great need of him You have right well conceited.
出自：Julius Caesar,Shakespeare
