self-aggrandisement

常见例句

Most virtual countries are little more than exercises in fantasy or self-aggrandisement.
绝大多数虚拟国家不过是一些幻想或自欺欺人的游戏，但确有一部分国家具有与其虚拟特性相符的复杂和认真。最有名的是塔洛萨王国。
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，总是自夸，也嘲笑那种关于总统将担心他遗产的看法。
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.
这个自我扩张的过程通常被作为“个人崇拜”来对待，但很难把它和建立品牌价值的现代商业行为区分开。
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