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ostentation

英 [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃn]

n.  (对财富、知识、技能的)炫耀,卖弄,夸示

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BNC.32895 / COCA.30755

牛津词典

    noun

    • (对财富、知识、技能的)炫耀,卖弄,夸示
      an exaggerated display of wealth, knowledge or skill that is made in order to impress people

      柯林斯词典

      • N-UNCOUNT 炫耀;夸示;卖弄
        If you describe someone's behaviour asostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people.
        1. 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。
        2. 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。

      英英释义

      noun

      双语例句

      • Oh, Tiger Woods, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Mark Owen ( and the rest), you got hitched with all the ostentation of wealth, only to be left with skinny, sad wives and a reputation in tatters.
        你看,老虎伍兹,约翰特里,阿什利科尔,马克欧文,他们都与那些有财富排场的女人结婚,但最后却让这些可怜瘦弱的妻子们独守空房,而他们自己也名誉扫地。
      • Women's hats went through periods of astonishing ostentation, the last being the years preceding World War I.
        女帽则经历了一些非常夸饰的时期,最后的这种阶段是发生在第一次世界大战前几年。
      • More than two telephones is pure ostentation.
        装两部以上的电话纯粹是为了摆阀。
      • They lived meanly and without ostentation.
        他们生活很节俭,一点也不摆阔。
      • Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
        他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀。
      • In6, the formation of the team, not one-sided pursuit of ostentation, establish long team, lead to the harmonious and unified, easy to cause the accident.
        在组建车队时,不要片面地追求排场,组建过长车队,导致无法协调统一,容易造成事故。
      • 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。
      • Exhibiting no pretensions, boastfulness, or ostentation; modest.
        不装腔作势的不装腔作势的,不夸耀的;不铺张招摇的;谦逊。
      • The official media announced that he had failed to overcome errors such as abuse of authority and ostentation.
        官方媒体宣称这是因为他没能改掉滥用职权和浮夸的错误。
      • Socrates, Aristotle, Galen, were men full of ostentation.
        苏格拉底、亚里士多德、盖伦,都是富于夸耀性的人。