ostentation

美 [ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃn]英 [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn]
  • n.炫耀;(对财富、知识、技能的)卖弄;夸示
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noun

U(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

ostentation

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  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 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.

    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。

noun

1
pretentious or showy or vulgar display
2
lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Synonym: ostentatiousness pomposity pompousness pretentiousness puffiness splashiness inflation
3
a gaudy outward display
Synonym: fanfare flash

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  1. Choose a life of action , not one of ostentation .

    要选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生。

  2. Choose a life of action , none one of ostentation .

    选择行动的一生,而不是炫耀的一生。

  3. 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。

  4. 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。

  5. 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。

  6. Collectors have become less concerned with ostentation than with authenticity .

    收藏家也变得更加关注可靠性而不是排场。

  7. He ignored the public ostentation of his time , as well as the private misery .

    他忽视那时代公开的虚饰,就像私人的不幸一样。

  8. The new ostentation is so obviously a bad thing it is dull to say so .

    这股新的摆阔风潮明显不好,明显到指出它来都是件没劲的事。

  9. The quality or state of being pretentious ; ostentation .

    炫耀矫饰的品质或状态;炫耀。

  10. She had a small property , which she bequeathed with much ostentation to a religious community .

    她有一份小小的财产,已经大吹大擂地捐给一个宗教团体了。

  11. In fame of learning , the flight will be slow without some feathers of ostentation .

    在学问底名声方面,若没有一些夸耀底羽毛,则这种名声底飞腾是很慢的。

  12. More than two telephones is pure ostentation .

    装两部以上的电话纯粹是为了摆阀。

  13. 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。

  14. The statue has beauty without ostentation .

    那座雕像有一种非虚饰的美[朴实无华之美]。

  15. 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。

  16. Their daughter 's wedding reception was sheer ostentation .

    他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀。

  17. 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。

  18. Maxim restaurant While ostentation , but it is not absolutely can not afford anything .

    马克西姆餐厅的排场虽然大,但也并非是绝对消费不起的。

  19. Premium and luxury carmakers are being affected by an official crackdown on ostentation .

    高端车与豪华车企业受到了官方打击铺张浪费的影响。

  20. For excusations , cessions , modesty itself well governed , are but arts of ostentation .

    因为逊谢、退让与节制得宜的自谦,都不过是炫耀之术也。

  21. Ostentation of Economy and Ruins of Culture & Comparative Research on Jia Ping'ao 's Ruined City and Yexin 's Prosperous City

    两都赋:经济的浮华与文化的废墟&贾平凹的《废都》与叶辛的《华都》的比较研究

  22. Jin is the linguistics research relative deterioration time , when Neo-Confucianism was prosperous and the traditional study atmosphere changed ostentation to coxcombry .

    金朝是语言学研究相对衰败的时期,当时理学兴盛,传统经学风气从朴实转变为虚浮。

  23. They lived meanly and without ostentation .

    他们生活很节俭,一点也不摆阔。

  24. its enjoyment is appropriate in an atmosphere where all ostentation or suggestion of luxury is banished from one 's eyes and one 's thoughts .

    所以也只有在眼前和心中毫无富丽繁华的景象和念头时,方能真正地享受它。

  25. 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。

  26. 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。

  27. 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。

  28. Two early centres of gastronomy were China ( from the5th century BC ) and Rome , the latter noted for the excess and ostentation of its banquets .

    最早的两个烹调中心是中国(公元前5世纪起)和罗马,后者以粗犷而奢侈著称。

  29. My distaste for any ostentation .

    我对任何炫耀的厌恶。

  30. Others , such as the fish knife - supposed to be useful in separating and lifting off cooked fillets - were worse than useless and became symbolic of arriviste ostentation .

    其它餐具如食鱼刀——想当然地以为它方便切夹熟鱼片——则一无是处,成了暴发户卖弄的象征。

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