词性及解释
词形变化
副词: preten-tiously
名词: pretentiousness
英英解释
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1.
adj.making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
[例]
○ a pretentious country house
○ a pretentious fraud
○ a pretentious scholarly edition
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例句
1.
Confucius said: "Clever words, a pretentious face and tooperfect courtesy: Tso Ch'iu Ming was ashAMed of them. I AM also ashAMed of them.
子曰:「巧言、令色、足恭,左丘明耻之,丘亦耻之。
2.
She looked AT her lover with a pretentious pout.
她看着恋人，故作不悦地撅着嘴。
3.
This quotation illustrated what the British sometimes refers to as "the pretentious illiteracy of the Americans"
这段引文为英国人有时说的那种“美国人说话装腔作势”提供了一个生动的例证。
4.
He affects a pretentious use of language, ie tries to impress people by using obscure words, ETC
他爱卖弄词藻
5.
No one HAS to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop
对于那些并不使人望而生畏的古玩店，人们不必鼓足勇气就可以进去了。
6.
But no one HAS to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.
那里往往令人望而却步。
7.
It was one of the most pretentious pieces of legislation ever presented to Congress to that time
这是直到当时提交国会的最费力的法案之一。
8.
He IS a man given to grand gestures and pretentious statements.
他是个装腔作势夸夸其谈的人。
9.
For the first time Nora saw her husband for what he was --- a selfish, pretentious hypocrite with no regard for her position In the matter.
这是娜拉有生以来第一次认识了丈夫的庐山真面目:原来他是一个道貌岸然、自私自利的伪君子，在这个问题上根本不把她的处境放在心上。
10.
LET other people use the more pretentious words
言过其辞的话让别人说吧。
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