ostentation

英 [,ɒsten'teɪʃ(ə)n] 美 ['ɑstɛn'teʃən]
  • n. 卖弄;虚饰;虚有其表
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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。
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。

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).
1. I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.
他们生活奢侈,爱摆阔,我不敢恭维.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. 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。

来自辞典例句

3. 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。

来自辞典例句

4. Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀.

来自辞典例句

5. 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 ?

来自电影对白

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