ostentation
英 [,ɒsten'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美['ɑstɛn'teʃən]
- n. 卖弄；虚饰；虚有其表
助记提示
1. os- "in front of" + tent- + -ation.
2. 字面含义：stretched to the front. => show, expose to view, exhibit, display.
3. => apparent, professed.
4. 也就是拉伸、伸展到前面、表面、面前。
2. 字面含义：stretched to the front. => show, expose to view, exhibit, display.
3. => apparent, professed.
4. 也就是拉伸、伸展到前面、表面、面前。
中文词源
ostentation 炫耀，卖弄
os-,向前，朝向，-tent,伸出，延展，词源同extend,tense,content.引申词义炫耀，卖弄。
英英释意
- 1. a showy outward display
- 2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- 3. pretentious or showy or vulgar display
英文词源
- ostentation (n.)
- mid-15c., from Old French ostentacion (mid-14c.) and directly from Latin ostentationem (nominative ostentatio) "showing, exhibition, vain display," noun of action from past participle stem of ostentare "to display," frequentative of ostendere "to show" (see ostensible).
实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
- 他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀.
辞典例句
- I thought that one is exaggerates; second, wins ostentation.
- 我以为一是言过其实, 二是哗众取宠.
期刊摘选
- Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation. ( C . Nepos )
- 要选择行动的一生, 而不是炫耀的一生. ( 内波斯 )
期刊摘选
- The statue has beauty without ostentation.
- 那座雕像有一种非虚饰的美[朴实无华之美].
期刊摘选
- Ostentation and revelry were ceased, for the sake of separation.
- 停止浮华与狂欢, 因为分开.
期刊摘选
- She had a small property, which she bequeathed with much ostentation to a religious community.
- 她有一份小小的财产, 已经大吹大擂地捐给一个宗教团体了.
期刊摘选
- Lavishment , ostentation and extravagance, banquet, all these are to fulfill personal selfish desire, power and battle.
- 浪费, 排场, 宴会都是来满足个人的私欲, 权力和斗争.
期刊摘选
- Choose a life of actlorl, not one of ostentation.
- 要选择行动的一生, 而不是炫耀的一生.
期刊摘选
- The statue had beauty without ostentation.
- 那座雕像有一种非虚饰的美.
期刊摘选
- Do you reject his ostentation and glories in this world?
- 你们会拒绝他对于这个世界的狂妄和自大 吗 ?
电影对白
- Forsake your greed, abandon your appetites of ostentation.
- 除去你的贪心, 放弃你所炫耀的爱好.
期刊摘选
- Pedantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning.
- “炫学者”,不合季节卖弄学问的人.
期刊摘选
- They lived meanly and without ostentation.
- 他们生活很节俭,一点也不摆阔.
期刊摘选
- Choose a life of action, none one of ostentation.
- 选择行动的一生, 而不是炫耀的一生.
期刊摘选
- English : Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
- 每日名言(07.07.20)要选择行动的一生, 而不是炫耀的一生.
期刊摘选
- Chose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
- 要选择行动的一生, 不要选择浮夸的一生.
期刊摘选
- Ostentation and extravagance patting our village really dine together, you are convinced by townspeople?
- 实拍我们村聚餐的排场, 城里人你服 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- 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。
辞典例句
- 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。
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