vainglorious

gal. 5: 26 let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

加五26不要贪图虚荣，彼此惹气，互相嫉妒。

That passive image was far removed from the exuberant, talkative, vainglorious 22-year-old who bounded out of Louisville, Ky., and onto the world stage in 1964 with an upset victory over Sonny Liston to become the world champion.

这个顺服隐忍的形象与当年那个热情健谈，喜好自夸的小伙相去甚远——那是在1964年，22岁的他意外击败桑尼·利斯顿（Sonny Liston）成为世界冠军。肯塔基州路易斯维尔走出来的小伙子从此一举登上世界舞台。

Not only does this reenforce commendable actions, but it also mollifies the negative feedback which may come later. Behind the words, at once self-pitying and vainglorious, the merits of the case were overwhelming.

并不仅仅因为事情本身值得赞扬，同时这样也能减轻一些以后可能出现的负面反应。在那些既是顾影自怜而又自命不凡的字眼后面，事情本身的是非曲直是无可争辩的。