ostentation

英[ˌɒsten'teɪʃn] 美[ˌɑːsten'teɪʃn]
  • n. 卖弄；虚饰；炫耀；<古>摆阔；讲排场
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 卖弄
    2. 虚饰
    3. 夸示
    4. 炫耀
    5. 讲排场
    6. 夸耀
    7. 风头主义
    8. 虚有其表
    9. 自负
    10. <古>摆阔

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a gaudy outward display

  2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

  3. pretentious or showy or vulgar display

双语例句

1. I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.
他们生活奢侈,爱摆阔,我不敢恭维.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s.
消费者摒弃了20世纪80年代铺张摆阔的陋习。

来自辞典例句

3. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
大体上说，她生活俭朴，不事张扬。

来自辞典例句

4. Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀.

来自辞典例句

5. Do you reject his ostentation and glories in this world?
你们会拒绝他对于这个世界的狂妄和自大 吗 ?

来自电影对白

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He ignored the public ostentation of his time, as well as the private misery.
      他忽视了当时在社会上流行的卖弄浮夸和一般平民的悲困痛苦。
    2. The statue had beauty without ostentation.
      那座雕像有一种非虚饰的美。
    3. Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
      他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀.
    4. He objected on principle to luxury and ostentation.
      他反对奢侈摆阔。

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