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ostentation

英 [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃn]

n.  (对财富、知识、技能的)炫耀,卖弄,夸示

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BNC.32895 / COCA.30755

牛津词典

    noun

    • (对财富、知识、技能的)炫耀,卖弄,夸示
      an exaggerated display of wealth, knowledge or skill that is made in order to impress people

      柯林斯词典

      • N-UNCOUNT 炫耀;夸示;卖弄
        If you describe someone's behaviour asostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people.
        1. 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。
        2. 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。

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • Socrates, Aristotle, Galen, were men full of ostentation.
        苏格拉底、亚里士多德、盖伦,都是富于夸耀性的人。
      • Ostentation of Economy and Ruins of Culture& Comparative Research on Jia Ping'ao's Ruined City and Yexin's Prosperous City
        两都赋:经济的浮华与文化的废墟&贾平凹的《废都》与叶辛的《华都》的比较研究
      • Choose a life of action, none one of ostentation.
        选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生。
      • 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。
      • He ignored the public ostentation of his time, as well as the private misery.
        他忽视那时代公开的虚饰,就像私人的不幸一样。
      • The statue has beauty without ostentation.
        那座雕像有一种非虚饰的美[朴实无华之美]。
      • Maxim restaurant While ostentation, but it is not absolutely can not afford anything.
        马克西姆餐厅的排场虽然大,但也并非是绝对消费不起的。
      • My distaste for any ostentation.
        我对任何炫耀的厌恶。
      • More than two telephones is pure ostentation.
        装两部以上的电话纯粹是为了摆阀。
      • Women's hats went through periods of astonishing ostentation, the last being the years preceding World War I.
        女帽则经历了一些非常夸饰的时期,最后的这种阶段是发生在第一次世界大战前几年。