pretentious

pretentious音标

英 [prɪˈtenʃəs]

美 [prɪˈtɛnʃəs]

pretentious基本释义

adj.自命不凡的；自负的；矫饰的；炫耀的

pretentious用法及例句

adj.(形容词)

狂妄的，自命不凡的，自负的 claiming (in an unpleasant way) to have importance,artistic value,or social rank that one does not really possess

adj

1. intended to attract notice and impress others

e.g. an ostentatious sable coat

Synonym: ostentatious

2. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

e.g. a pretentious country housea pretentious frauda pretentious scholarly edition

3. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

Synonym: ostentatious

1. 自命不凡的；自负的；矫饰的；炫耀的If you say that someone or something is pretentious, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are.

e.g. His response was full of pretentious nonsense...他的答复是一派荒谬的虚夸之词。e.g. This pub was of a very different type, smaller, less pretentious.这个酒吧风格独特，面积不大，比较低调。

1. 自命不凡的：libel 诽谤 | pretentious 自命不凡的 | contemporary artistic development 当代艺术发展

2. 矫饰,傲慢的：pretend 假装 | pretentious 矫饰,傲慢的 | pretext 藉口

3. pretentious

3. 狂妄的,做作的：3. privileged 特殊的,享受特权的,特许的 | 4. pretentious 狂妄的,做作的 | 5. irrelevant 不相干的,无关的

常用例句

用作形容词(adj.)

It sounds a bit pretentious.这听上去有些狂妄。

The pretentious palming off of doggerel..as 'arty' poetry is too much.

出自：Dylan Thomas

An immaculate..house, grand enough, but not pretentious.

出自：J. Steinbeck

近义词

反义词

临近词

aristocratic贵族的

flashy闪光的

fake假的

hollow空的

hypocritical伪善的

showy鲜艳的

theatrical剧场的

exaggerated言过其辞的

fancy华丽装饰的

boastful自夸的

ostentatious炫耀的

consequential重要的

conceited极其自负的

affected受影响的

pompous傲慢的

unpretentious不炫耀的

pretext

pretension

pretentiousness

Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing.

pretentious literary style

pretentious tone and good poetry

Pretentiously or self-consciously artistic.

pretentiously

相关列句

To assume the former audience was familiar with every work Wideman ever penned would have been pretentious.(如果认为以前的观众熟悉威德曼写过的每一部作品，那就太自负了。)

That's a pretentious name for a dog!(狗叫这个名字真够炫的！)

He's so pretentious!(瞧他那副自命不凡的样儿！)

She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout .(她看着恋人，故作不悦地撅着嘴。)

I saw a tweet on my phone one night and I was like, 'God, this guy's so pretentious!'(有天晚上我在手机看到一个tweet，然后我像是…，‘上帝，这人也太自大狂了！’)

It was just an ordinary house—nothing pretentious.(那只是一座普通的房子，没有故作特别。)

The goal in verbosity is to appear intelligent,not pretentious.(“冗长”的目的是使自己变得聪明，而不是自命不凡。)

His response was full of pretentious nonsense.(他的回答尽是些装腔作势的胡说八道。)

I don't want to sound pretentious, but it makes the sculpture seem almost alive.(我不想说的自命不凡，但是，它使雕塑几乎活了起来。)

Stripped of their pretentious verbiage, his statements come dangerously close to inviting racial hatred.(脱去那些矫饰费解的冗词赘语的外衣，他的言论有挑起种族仇恨的危险。)