ostentation

英 [ˌɒsten'teɪʃn] 美 [ˌɑːsten'teɪʃn]

• n. 卖弄；虚饰；炫耀；<古>摆阔；讲排场

详尽释义

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

例句

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。

经典引文

• You are come..and have prevented the ostentation of our love.

  出自：Anthony Cleopatra , Shakespeare

近反义词

【近义词】

• vanity 自负
• pomp 壮丽
• showiness 华丽
• pretension 声称
• display 显示
• flamboyance 艳丽
• affectation 假装
• brazenness 厚颜无耻
• vulgarity 粗俗
• pompousness 傲慢
• pomposity 自大
• puffiness 虚胖
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• ostentatiousness 夸张
• inflation 通货膨胀
• pretentiousness 自命不凡
• flash 闪光
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