| 词汇 | ostentation |
| 释义 | ostentation noun[ U ] disapprovinguk /ˌɒs.tenˈteɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌɑː.stənˈteɪ.ʃən/ the quality of being ostentatious: 炫耀，卖弄 Her luxurious lifestyle and personal ostentation were both hated and envied.她奢侈的生活方式和自我炫耀让人又恨又妒。 Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off check out chichi dressed exhibitionist exhibitionistic exhibitionistically flamboyance flamboyant flaunt gimmickry meretricious neg negging ostentatiously peacock peacocking razzle-dazzle showboating swanky zooty ostentation | American Dictionaryostentation noun[ U ] us/ˌɑs·tənˈteɪ·ʃən/ a show of wealth, possessions, or power intended to attract admiration or notice Examples of ostentationostentation Late prehistoric ostentation, by contrast, was aimed at a larger audience and there is no sign of an exclusive elite culture. Luxury of comfort is not only useful, but also more just than the luxury of ostentation. In this sense, the pretension of ostentation and visual impact produced a voluntary alteration of reality. Luxury of ostentation is the kind of luxury with which the very wealthy engage in display; it originates from vanity. Nader is depicted as a young man disdainful of the ' 'vain ostentation, the pettiness, the laziness and dithering' ' (p. 23) that supposedly characterized the court. This much is suggestive of a composer eager to associate himself with libretti of some literary ostentation, in a genre where this was not always expected. The costly rhetorical education given to the children of the elite was another private ostentation, an investment of cultural capital that could only be mobilised among the educated. Pay never covered outgoings, particularly given the culture of ostentation to which nobles were addicted. Amongst possible causes is the unlikely case that the leading classes lost interest in having male servants as a symbol of luxury, ostentation, power and riches. The whole of that movement was carried out with very little fuss and with no ostentation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here he showed no ostentation or bravado but pursued his objectives by quiet, patient and persistent diplomacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope they have grown up a little now, and have seen the absurdity of such ostentation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no reason at all, however, why we should pay for ostentation, prestige or luxury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who, spend it in ostentation and unnecessary luxury have certainly no sympathy from me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody is ashamed of ostentation and show to-day when they indulge in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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