self-aggrandizement
noun [ U ] disapproving (also selfaggrandizement); (UK usually self-aggrandisement, selfaggrandisement) uk/ˌself.əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/ us/ˌself.əˈɡræn.daɪz.mənt/
自我吹嘘
the practice of doing or saying things to make yourself seem more powerful or important
The diaries record his time in office matter-of-factly, without the need for self-congratulation or self-aggrandizement.
He comes across as bright and likable, but he flirts too frequently with self-aggrandisement. 他表现得很聪明，也很讨人喜欢，但他过于频繁地自我吹嘘。
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- He needs to show that he really does have the national interest at heart, rather than self-aggrandizement or self-enrichment.
- Considering yourself a traveller traveler and everybody else as a tourist has long been a snobbish form of self-aggrandizement.
- The Pyramids were built for the purpose of self-aggrandizement on the part of the pharaohs.