ostentation
英[,?sten'te??(?)n]
美['ɑst?n'te??n]
- n. 賣弄；虛飾；虛有其表
助記提示
1. os- "in front of" + tent- + -ation.
2. 字面含義：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。
中文詞源
ostentation 炫耀，賣弄
os-,向前，朝向，-tent,伸出，延展，詞源同extend,tense,content.引申詞義炫耀，賣弄。
英文詞源
- 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).
雙語例句
- 1. I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.
- 他們生活奢侈,愛擺闊,我不敢恭維.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s.
- 消費者摒棄了20世紀80年代鋪張擺闊的陋習。
來自辭典例句
- 3. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
- 大體上說，她生活儉樸，不事張揚。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
- 他們女兒大辦婚事純然是為了炫耀.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Do you reject his ostentation and glories in this world?
- 你們會拒絕他對于這個世界的狂妄和自大 嗎 ?
來自電影對白