ostentation

ostentation音标

英 [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌɑ:stenˈteɪʃn]

ostentation基本释义

n.卖弄；虚饰；炫耀；摆阔；讲排场

ostentation用法及例句

n.(名词)

卖弄

虚饰

夸示

炫耀

讲排场

夸耀

风头主义

虚有其表

自负

摆阔

noun

1. pretentious or showy or vulgar display

2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Synonym: ostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesspuffinesssplashinessinflation

3. a gaudy outward display

Synonym: fanfareflash

1. 炫耀；夸示；卖弄If you describe someone's behaviour as ostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people.

e.g. 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。e.g. 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。

1. ostentation在线翻译

1. 炫耀：出现这种差别的因为NE主要是puritan,而C主要是anglican,而puritan不鼓励炫耀(ostentation)财富,anglican实际上鼓励这样. 而砖结构和分开的路子造价是比较高的,因此可以用来炫耀财富. 所以C的这种房子就多. 而且在NE的anglican也是这样的.

2. 夸耀,卖弄,炫耀：ostensible 表面的;假装的 | ostentation 夸耀,卖弄,炫耀 | refraction 折光, 折射

3. 虚饰,夸张：mediocrity平凡 | ostentation虚饰,夸张 | sordid卑鄙,肮脏,贪婪,暗色调的

4. 卖弄：ostensory 圣礼显示台 | ostentation 卖弄 | ostentatious 装饰表面的

You are come..and have prevented the ostentation of our love.

出自：Anthony Cleopatra,Shakespeare

近义词

临近词

pompousness傲慢

flash闪光

pomposity自大

fanfare仪式上用的短曲（通常用小...

pretentiousness自命不凡

splashinesssplashy的名词形式...

pretension声称

inflation通货膨胀

puffiness虚胖

vulgarity粗俗

affectation假装

pomp壮丽

vanity自负

flamboyance艳丽

display显示

brazenness厚颜无耻

ostentatiousness夸张

showiness华丽

OST

Ostrin

相关列句

Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation, good-evening!(要选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生，晚安！晚安！)

Pedantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning.(“炫学者”，不合季节卖弄学问的人。)

A pair of artists, image, singing, performing, or even the ostentation and extravagance, he is the soul of business efforts.(一个艺人对工作、形象、歌艺、表演，甚至是排场的要求，就是他要努力经营的灵魂。)

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。)

Forsake your greed, abandon your appetites of ostentation.(除去你的贪心，放弃你所炫耀的爱好。)

Perhaps, too, there might have been a little ostentation at bottom, though, to say the truth, he had nothing of it in his manner.(也许，他实际上也想炫耀一下，不过说实在的，从他的言行举止中真没看出来。)

Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation — Cornelius. Nepos, Roman historian.(选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生---C。内波斯，罗马历史学家。)

Choose ea life of action, not one of ostentation. — C. Nepos.(要选择行动的一生，而不是卖弄的一生。)

We do not quote them with ostentation, but they mingle with our minds, sweeten our tempers, and harmonize our thoughts;(这并不是因为我们想引用他的作品以示卖弄，而是它们已融入了我们的心灵，陶冶了我们的性情，融洽了我们的思想；)

It prefers anonymity to the ostentation of others (Mr Beltrán was undone by inviting a famous accordionist to play at a Christmas party).(该组织不象其它黑帮那样高调——贝尔特兰就曾高调邀请一位著名的手风琴家为其圣诞派对演奏，而这也导致了他的覆灭——锡那罗亚则行事更为隐匿。)