pretentiousness

英[prɪ'tenʃəsnəs] 美[prɪ'tenʃəsnəs]
  • n.自命不凡
  • large adj.大的;大量的;大号的;广泛的adv.夸大地;[航海]顺风地v.狂欢作乐
Noun:
  1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

  2. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. He greatly disliked what he perceived as the artificiality and pretentiousness of academic life.
      他很讨厌他所体会到的不自然的和自命不凡的学院生活。
    2. Mahimacharan and Pratap Hazra were two devotees outstanding for their pretentiousness and idiosyncrasies.
      玛希玛切兰和帕拉塔普哈扎拉两位奉献者以自命不凡的特性而闻名。

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