ostentation
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌɒs.tenˈteɪ.ʃən]
- 美式音标 [ˌɑː.stənˈteɪ.ʃən]
- 国际音标 [,ɔsten'teiʃən]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.卖弄；虚饰；炫耀；摆阔；讲排场
词根记忆
- os(在前面) + tent(伸展) + ation→在他人面前伸展→显现出来→夸示，炫耀
- ostent(显现) + ation→显现→炫耀
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- ostentatious：招摇的；卖弄的；夸耀的；铺张的；惹人注目的。
英汉例句
- 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。 - 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 ? - I thought that one is exaggerates; second, wins ostentation.
我以为一是言过其实, 二是哗众取宠. - Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀. - 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。
词组短语
- reduce ostentation 黔浮华
- Love Ostentation 讲排场
- ostentation E 夸示
- ostentation Õ 夸示的
- ostentation and extravagance 排场
短语
英英字典
- the quality of being ostentatious
- If you describe someone's behaviour as ostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people.
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专业释义
- 卖弄；虚饰；虚有其表