形容詞 proud:

1. feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride
2. having or displaying great dignity or nobility
   同義詞：gallant, lofty, majestic

1. It was a proud day for us when we won the trophy.
   我們奪得獎(jiǎng)杯那一天是值得我們驕傲的日子。
2. He is too proud now to be seen with his former friends.
   他現(xiàn)在忘乎所以了，覺得跟以前的朋友在一起有失他的臉面。
3. The college did us proud at the centenary dinner.
   院方在一百周年校慶設(shè)宴款待我們。
4. They are poor but proud; they never borrow money or ask for help.
   他們雖窮但很自重，他們從不向人借錢或求助。
5. Tom is very proud of his new car.
   湯姆非常滿意自己的新車。

proud

adj.（形容詞）
proud.er,proud.est
Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, a possession, a quality, or a relationship by which one measures one`s stature or self-worth:
驕傲的，自豪的：對某行動(dòng)、占有物、品質(zhì)或某人衡量自己地位或自我價(jià)值的關(guān)系而感到快樂的滿足的：
例句：
proud of one`s child; proud to serve one`s country.
為自己的孩子而感到自豪；為能報(bào)效國家而自豪

Occasioning or being a reason for pride:
感到光榮的：引起或作為自豪的理由的：
例句：
.On January , 900, Americans and Europeans greeted the twentieth century in the proud and certain belief that the next hundred years would make all things possible.(W. Bruce Lincoln)
.900年月日，美國人和歐洲人以一種自豪而堅(jiān)定的信念迎接20世紀(jì)的到來，他們認(rèn)為下一個(gè)一百年將使一切事情都成為可能.(W.布魯斯·林肯)

Feeling or showing justifiable self-respect.
自尊的：感到或顯示合理的自尊的
Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem.
高傲的，自命不凡：充滿或顯示過度的自尊心的
Of great dignity; honored:
受尊敬的，有尊嚴(yán)的：有高貴的尊嚴(yán)的；受尊敬的：
例句：
a proud name.
受尊敬的名字

Majestic; magnificent:
壯麗的，堂皇的：莊嚴(yán)的；華麗的：
例句：
proud alpine peaks.
壯麗的山峰

Spirited. Used of an animal:
生氣蓬勃的：精力充沛的。用于形容動(dòng)物：
例句：
proud steeds.
生氣勃勃的駿馬

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English prôd
源自 古英語 prôd
from Old French prou, prud [brave, virtuous] [oblique case of] prouz
源自 古法語 prou, prud [勇敢的，正直的] [] prouz的間接格
from Vulgar Latin *prôdis
源自 俗拉丁語 *prôdis
from Late Latin prôde [advantageous]
源自 后期拉丁語 prôde [有利的]
from Latin prôdesse [to be good]
源自 拉丁語 prôdesse [善于]
prôd- [for] variant of prô- * see pro-
prôd- [為了] prô-的變體 *參見 pro-
esse [to be] * see es-
esse [是] *參見 es-

【引伸】
proud.ly
adv.（副詞）
proud.ness
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>proud,arrogant,haughty,disdainful,superciliousThese adjectives mean filled with or marked by a high opinion of oneself and disdain for what one views as being unworthy.
這些形容詞都表示充滿或顯示對自己高度的評價(jià)及對自己認(rèn)為是無價(jià)值的事物的鄙視。
Proud can suggest dignity or justifiable self-respect or self-satisfaction,but it often implies conceit or vanity:
Proud 可表示尊嚴(yán)或正當(dāng)?shù)淖宰鸹蜃晕覞M足感，但這個(gè)詞又經(jīng)常含有自滿或虛榮的意思：
例句：
.There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight. (Woodrow Wilson).
.居然有這樣一種人，他們驕傲得不屑于去戰(zhàn)斗. （伍德羅·威爾遜）。

例句：
.I pray God to keep me from being proud. (Samuel Pepys).One who isarrogant is overbearingly proud and demands more power or consideration than is warranted:
.我祈禱上帝讓我遠(yuǎn)離驕傲. （薩繆爾·匹普斯）。Arragant 形容專橫地驕傲并且要求得到比應(yīng)得的還要多的權(quán)力或關(guān)注的人：

例句：
.All sensibly gave him wide berth, for he was a dangerous-looking man, chewing a toothpick with the arrogant sullenness of one who is willing to commit violence. (Stephen Hunter).
.大家明智地給了他一個(gè)寬敞的鋪位，因?yàn)樗荒槂聪?，帶著那喜歡實(shí)施暴力人的那種傲慢而慍怒的神情，還嚼著牙簽. （斯蒂芬·享特）。

Haughty suggests lofty, condescending pride,as by reason of high birth or station:
Haughty 指夸大、故作屈尊的驕傲，比如由于出身高貴或居高位等原因：
例句：
.We hardly know an instance of the strength and weakness of human nature so striking and so grotesque as the character of this haughty, vigilant, resolute, sagacious blue-stocking [Frederick the Great] . (Macaulay).
.我們幾乎找不到一個(gè)人性的力量和弱點(diǎn)象這個(gè)高傲、機(jī)警、堅(jiān)定、智慧的女學(xué)者的性格那樣如此醒目和怪異的例子 . （麥考萊）。

Disdainful emphasizes scorn or contempt:
Disdainful 強(qiáng)調(diào)嘲諷或蔑視：
例句：
.Nor [let] grandeur hear with a disdainful smile,/The short and simple annals of the poor. (Thomas Gray).
.既不要 高貴者帶著蔑視的笑容聽，/窮人短暫平常的一生. （托瑪斯·格雷）。

Supercilious implies haughty disdain:
Supercilious 含有高傲的蔑視之意：
例句：
.His mother eyed me in silence with a supercilious air. (Tobias Smollett).
.他母親以一種目空一切的架勢一聲不響地盯著我. （托比阿斯·斯摩萊特）