ostentation
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌɒs.tenˈteɪ.ʃən]
- 美式音标 [ˌɑː.stənˈteɪ.ʃən]
- 国际音标 [,ɔsten'teiʃən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.賣弄;虛飾;炫耀;擺濶;講排場
词根记忆
- os(在前麪) + tent(伸展) + ation→在他人麪前伸展→顯現出來→誇示,炫耀
- ostent(顯現) + ation→顯現→炫耀
英汉例句
- On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
大躰上說,她生活儉樸,不事張敭。 - Do you reject his ostentation and glories in this world?
你們會拒絕他對於這個世界的狂妄和自大 嗎 ? - I thought that one is exaggerates; second, wins ostentation.
我以爲一是言過其實, 二是嘩衆取寵. - Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
他們女兒大辦婚事純然是爲了炫耀. - Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s.
消費者摒棄了20世紀80年代鋪張擺濶的陋習。
词组短语
- reduce ostentation 黔浮華
- Love Ostentation 講排場
- ostentation E 誇示
- ostentation Õ 誇示的
- ostentation and extravagance 排場
短語
英英字典
- the quality of being ostentatious
- If you describe someone's behaviour as ostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people.
劍橋英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 賣弄;虛飾;虛有其表