- [uncountable, singular]
a feeling of being pleased or satisfied that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done something well or own something that other people admire 自豪；驕傲；得意感 The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride. 看到兒子畢業她充滿了自豪。 He felt a glow of pride as people stopped to admire his garden. 當人們停下來欣賞他的花園時，他感到一陣自豪。 Success in sport is a source of national pride. 體育成就是民族自豪的源泉。 - pride in something
I take (a) pride in my work. 我爲自己的工作感到驕傲。 They have a strong sense of pride in their work. 他們對自己的工作有很強的自尊感。 Their reputation for fairness is a matter of pride. 他們公平的名聲是值得驕傲的。 - pride in doing something
We take great pride in offering the best service in town. 我們以能夠提供全城最好的服務而自豪。 - with pride
I looked with pride at what I had achieved. 回顧過去的成就，我感到十分光榮。
Synonyms satisfactionsatisfaction- happiness
- pride
- contentment
- fulfilment
- satisfaction the good feeling that you have when you have achieved something or when something that you wanted to happen does happen:
He derived great satisfaction from knowing that his son was happy. 得知兒子很幸福他深感欣慰。
- happiness the good feeling that you have when you are happy:
Money can’t buy you happiness. 金錢不能爲你買到幸福。
- pride a feeling of being pleased or satisfied that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done something well or own something that other people admire:
The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride. 兒子畢業的情景讓她充滿了自豪。
- contentment (rather formal) a feeling of being happy or satisfied with what you have:
They found contentment in living a simple life. 他們在簡樸的生活中得到滿足。
- fulfilment a feeling of being happy or satisfied with what you do or have done:
her search for personal fulfilment 她對個人成就的追求
satisfaction, happiness, contentment or fulfilment? 用 satisfaction、happiness、contentment 還是 fulfilment？ - satisfaction/happiness/pride/contentment/fulfilment in something
- real satisfaction/happiness/pride/contentment/fulfilment
- true satisfaction/happiness/contentment/fulfilment
- great satisfaction/happiness/pride
- quiet satisfaction/pride/contentment
- to feel satisfaction/happiness/pride/contentment
- to bring somebody satisfaction/happiness/pride/contentment/fulfilment
- to find satisfaction/happiness/contentment/fulfilment
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2He smiled with fatherly pride. 他帶着慈父般的自豪微笑着。 He swelled with pride as he held the trophy. 手捧獎杯時他的自豪感油然而生。 I wear my policeman's uniform with pride. 我自豪地穿着警服。 the politics of racial pride and Black Power 種族自豪和黑人權力的政治主張 They have a fierce pride in their traditions. 他們對自己的傳統感到無比自豪。 She expressed pride in her child's achievement. 她表達了對孩子成績的自豪。 Businesses rushed to include images of patriotic pride in their marketing. 各企業在營銷中紛紛將愛國自豪感的意象包括在内。 We want to restore pride in our public services. 我們想重塑我們在公共服務方面的尊嚴。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fierce
- great
- justifiable
- …
- feel
- have
- swell with
- …
- with pride
- pride in
- a cause for pride
- a matter for pride
- a source of pride
- …
- [singular] the pride of something
a person or thing that makes people feel pleased or satisfied 值得自豪的人（或事物） - [uncountable]
the feeling of respect that you have for yourself 自尊心；自尊；尊嚴 Pride would not allow him to accept the money. 自尊心不容他接受這筆錢。 Her pride was hurt. 她的自尊心受到了傷害。 Losing his job was a real blow to his pride. 失掉工作對他的自尊是個沉重的打擊。 It's time to swallow your pride (= hide your feelings of pride) and ask for your job back. 這時候你應該收起自尊，討回那份工作。
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesb2He was nursing his hurt pride. 他正在撫慰他那受傷的自尊心。 They managed to salvage some pride with a late goal. 他們憑終場前的一粒進球挽回了一些面子。 She refused his offer tactfully, allowing him to go away with his pride intact. 她很得體地拒絕了他的提議，讓他能不失面子地離開。 I don't want your money—I have my pride, you know! 我不要你的錢，你要知道，我也有自尊！ She refused their help out of pride. 她出於自尊拒絕了他們的幫助。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- family
- masculine
- …
- have
- hurt
- wound
- …
- out of pride
- through pride
- a matter of pride
- a sense of pride
- with your pride intact
- …
- [uncountable] (disapproving)
the feeling that you are better or more important than other people 自負；傲慢 She was full of pride and arrogance and despised ordinary people. 她驕傲自大，瞧不起普通人。 His masculine pride would not let him admit that a girl had defeated him. 他的男性自尊使他不會承認輸給了一個女孩子。
- [countable + singular or plural verb]
a group of lions 獅群
pleasure
respect for yourself自尊
lions獅子
Word Originlate Old English prȳde ‘excessive self-esteem’, variant of prȳtu, prȳte, from prūd ‘having a high opinion of one's own worth’, from Old French prud ‘valiant’, based on Latin prodesse ‘be of value’.
Idioms
somebody’s pride and joy
a person or thing that causes somebody to feel very pleased or satisfied 某人引以爲榮的人（或事物） The car is her pride and joy. 這輛車是她的驕傲和快樂。 He loves that boat, it's his pride and joy. 他喜愛那艘船，那是他引以爲傲的東西。
pride comes/goes before a fall
- (saying)
if you have too high an opinion of yourself or your abilities, something will happen to make you look stupid 驕傲使人失敗
pride of place
the position in which something is most easily seen, that is given to the most important thing in a particular group 顯要位置；最突出（或最重要）的位置 The photo was given pride of place on the mantelpiece. 這張照片被放在壁爐台上最重要的位置。