词汇 | pretentiously |
释义 | pretentiously adverb disapprovinguk /prɪˈten.ʃəs.li/ us /prɪˈten.ʃəs.li/ in a way that attempts to make you appear or sound more important or clever than you are: 装模作样地,矫饰地,自命不凡地 His learning is on display throughout the book, sometimes pretentiously so.他的学识在整本书中都有体现,有时有炫耀的嫌疑。 This is pretentiously called a time management system, but it is really just a diary.它被装模作样地称为时间管理系统,但实际上就是一本日记。 See pretentious The play is never pretentiously oblique. The book was pretentiously titled in Latin. The movie has a bad, pretentiously mystical ending. He was expounding pretentiously about his theories. Affected & insincere affectation affected affectedly archly artificial feyness forced forcedly fustian glib phony-baloney piously ponce ponce about/around posey sugary super-smooth superslick talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom theatricality |
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