中英互译
pretentiousness
英 /prɪˈtenʃəsnəs/美 /prɪˈtenʃəsnəs/
基本释义
- n.自负;狂妄;自命不凡
双语例句
- His moral confusion and pretentiousness are reflected in his over-elaborate speech and style of writing.他过于修饰的写作风格及学说,反映出他混淆道德又自命不凡。
- The world will be able to feed on it for a thousand years to come. It is colossal in its pretentiousness. The thought of it almost shatters me.世界将在未来一千年内依靠我们的书生存,它洋洋洒洒、无所不容,其思想差点儿叫我们茫然不知所措。
- Actually, her blogs are boring. People like her because she is candid and doesn't have the pretentiousness that is typical of many other actresses.其实,她的博客没有太大意思,我猜人们喜欢她是因为她率真,没有女演员的矫情。
网络短语
- The Ugly Mantle Of Pretentiousness臭架子
- lack of pretentiousness不虚伪
- ugly mantleof pretentiousness nauseating airs自视不凡
词语扩展
adj.
pretentious自命不凡的;炫耀的;做作的
n.
pretension自负;要求;主张;借口;骄傲
英英释义
- n.lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- n.the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
词源
- pretentiousnesspretentious + -ness