ostentation
英 [,ɒsten'teɪʃ(ə)n]
美 ['ɑstɛn'teʃən]
助记提示
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。
双语例句
- 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
