Pomp is all the impressive clothes, gold, flags, slow music, and careful walking that belong to a big official ceremony — when a new king or queen is crowned, at a state funeral, at the opening of parliament. It is the show of the day, not the job underneath.

Pomp is all the impressive clothes, gold, flags, slow music, and careful walkingPomp指的是所有那些氣派的服裝、金飾、旗幟、緩慢的音樂，還有一步步走得很講究的儀態，that belong to a big official ceremony屬於盛大官方典禮的那些東西——when a new king or queen is crowned, at a state funeral, at the opening of parliament像新王或新女王加冕時、國葬時、國會開議典禮時。It is the show of the day它是那一天的「排場」，not the job underneath而不是底下真正要辦的事。

English often pairs it as pomp and circumstance; circumstance here means the formal ceremony, not “what happened.” The word feels a little grand, a little old. News writers still use it; a teenager probably would not.

English often pairs it as pomp and circumstance英文常把它跟circumstance湊成一對，說pomp and circumstance；circumstance here means the formal ceremony, not "what happened."這裡的circumstance指的是正式的儀式，不是「發生的事」。The word feels a little grand, a little old這個詞給人的感覺有點氣派，也有點老派。News writers still use it新聞寫作者還是會用它，a teenager probably would not但青少年大概不會這樣說。

You do not say “a pomp.” Though actually people also use it with a raised eyebrow, for empty show — lots of pomp, not much meaning.

You do not say "a pomp."你不會說「a pomp」。Though actually people also use it with a raised eyebrow, for empty show不過事實上，人們有時也會挑著眉毛用它，指空洞的排場——lots of pomp, not much meaning排場很多，內容卻很少。

It came from Greek through Latin and French: a word for a solemn procession, from a verb meaning “to send.” There is a rare verb to pomp, but you can ignore it. The sister word pompous is harsher: a pompous person is full of their own importance, not just dressed up for a ceremony.

It came from Greek through Latin and French這個字源自希臘文，經過拉丁文、法文傳到英文：a word for a solemn procession原本指莊嚴的隊伍遊行，from a verb meaning "to send."來自一個意思是「派送」的動詞。There is a rare verb to pomp, but you can ignore it有一個很少見的動詞to pomp，可以不用理會。The sister word pompous is harsher它的姊妹詞pompous語氣更重：a pompous person is full of their own importancepompous的人是自以為了不起，not just dressed up for a ceremony而不只是為了典禮盛裝打扮而已。