英语释义

• intended to attract notice and impress others;

  "an ostentatious sable coat"

• of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

• making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction;

  "a pretentious country house"

  "a pretentious fraud"

  "a pretentious scholarly edition"

片语

pretentious language似以欺惑性的语言

pretentious flourish比喻虚假的

overdone pretentious做得过分的

Pretentious Game自命不凡的游戏

Pretentious elegance虚饰

affected影响；假装；使…感动（affect的过去式和过去分词）

pretend pretentious形式

pretentious people我讨厌

pretentious tent伸展

ambitious野心勃勃的；有雄心的；热望的；炫耀的

英汉例句

• did you just see a blond guy with a pretentious accent?

  你见过一个口音造作的金发男人么?

• being open-minded and aware of the world around you shows class and sophistication, but avoid seeming pretentious by being modest instead of showing off what you know.

  头脑开放，关注关于阶层和世故的世界，不要自我炫耀也不要过分谦虚，免得被人误以为你虚伪。

• we lived in a villa where the red bricks were made pretentious and vulgar with streaks of slate colour, and there seemed to be enemies everywhere.

  我们住在一座别墅里，红砖夹杂着蓝灰石板色的条纹，显眼而又庸俗，而且，左邻右舍似乎并不友好。

• a celebrity photo shoot in which the pretentious photographer wields a cheesy cell-phone camera?

  一次名人摄影活动，一个装模作样的摄影者用一只粗制滥造的手机来拍照？

• pretentious ideas about business will be in retreat.

  故弄玄虚的商科观点将会隐退。

• many businesspeople, for their part, assume that artists are a bunch of pretentious wastrels.

  对于生意场上的人来说，艺术家就是一群自命不凡的废物。

• the book is sprinkled with enough pretentious jargon, factual error and illogicality to infuriate and baffle the unwary.

  这本书充斥着自命不凡的行话、事实上的错误和无厘头，并很容易使得那些容易受骗的读者们变得愤怒或者困惑。

• again, dusting off this slightly austere and pretentious worldview is no big challenge; it only requires minor adjustments to the daily mix. and probably a bit of reorganization.

  当然，这种严肃而做作的世界观并不具有太大的影响，只是需要根据日常工作做出轻微调整，并且很可能只需要进行适当的结构重组。

• in new testament times, the pharisees were pros at pretentious prayers. it became quite a source of pride. they were showing off, trying to impress people with their prayers.

  在新约时代，法利赛人专爱装腔作势的祷告。这成为他们骄傲的资本。他们在炫耀，让人家注意自己的祈祷。

• you may look pretentious doing it, but take a decent-size sip from your glass and swirl it around - as you would a mouthwash.

  这么做的时候，你可以会显得有点儿自命不凡，不过，你还是应该啜上一口份量适中的酒，让它在你的嘴里晃蕩──就跟漱口一样。

• in new testament times, the pharisees were pros at pretentious prayers.

  在新约时代，法利赛人专爱装腔作势的祷告。

• nor would i give it a pretentious postmodern title.

  我也不会给它起一个狂妄的后现代书名。

• some of the sport’s most pretentious followers are french intellectuals.

  在这些运动爱好者中，最矫情的要数一群法国知识分子。

相似词

ostentatious招摇的；卖弄的；夸耀的；铺张的；惹人注目的

flashy俗丽的，浮华的；穿着奢华的；闪光的；瞬间的；暴躁的；炫耀技艺的

affected影响；假装；使…感动（affect的过去式和过去分词）

showy艳丽的；炫耀的；显眼的

fancy幻想；想象力；爱好； （赛马等体育比赛中）最被看好的人或动物；（拳击等运动的）爱好者；花式蛋糕或饼干；（16和17世纪音乐用语）幻想曲

aristocratic贵族的；贵族政治的；有贵族气派的

theatrical戏剧性的；剧场的，戏剧的；夸张的；做作的

flashy俗丽的，浮华的；穿着奢华的；闪光的；瞬间的；暴躁的；炫耀技艺的

hypocritical虚伪的；伪善的

ostentatious招摇的；卖弄的；夸耀的；铺张的；惹人注目的

consequential间接的；结果的；重要的；随之发生的；自傲的

fancy幻想；想象力；爱好； （赛马等体育比赛中）最被看好的人或动物；（拳击等运动的）爱好者；花式蛋糕或饼干；（16和17世纪音乐用语）幻想曲

affected影响；假装；使…感动（affect的过去式和过去分词）

showy艳丽的；炫耀的；显眼的

boastful自夸的；自负的；喜夸耀的

相反词

unpretentious谦逊的；含蓄的；不炫耀的；不铺张的

modest(Modest)人名；(罗)莫代斯特；(德)莫德斯特；(俄)莫杰斯特