self-aggrandisement

基本解釋

Most virtual countries are little more than exercises in fantasy or self-aggrandisement.
絕大多數(shù)虛擬國家不過是一些幻想或自欺欺人的游戲，但確有一部分國家具有與其虛擬特性相符的復(fù)雜和認(rèn)真。最有名的是塔洛薩王國。
And he himself, for all the self-aggrandisement, has also scoffed at the notion that a president should worry about his legacy.
他自己，總是自夸，也嘲笑那種關(guān)于總統(tǒng)將擔(dān)心他遺產(chǎn)的看法。
This process of self-aggrandisement is often dismissed as a “personality cult”, but is hard to distinguish from the modern business practice of building brand value.
這個(gè)自我擴(kuò)張的過程通常被作為“個(gè)人崇拜”來對(duì)待，但很難把它和建立品牌價(jià)值的現(xiàn)代商業(yè)行為區(qū)分開。
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