He was too puffed up with his own importance, too blinded by vanity to accept their verdict on him.

他的重要地位让他太过傲气、太过自负，从而无法接受他人对自己的意见。

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He played up to the old lady's vanity to get her support.

他利用这老妇人的虚荣心来获得他的支持。

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And, as I mentioned before, it's possible for your vanity metrics to be going up even while you're ruining your product.

就像前文提到的，这些虚荣数据可能一直向好，而你却在一直毁着自己的产品。

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