| 词汇 | pretentiousness |
| 释义 | pretentiousness noun[ U ] disapprovinguk /prɪˈten.ʃəs.nəs/ us /prɪˈten.ʃəs.nəs/(alsopretension) the quality of trying to make yourself appear or sound more important or clever than you are: 自命不凡，矫饰，炫耀 I couldn't believe the pretentiousness of the book.我简直不敢相信这本书是如此装腔作势。 Her writing tends towards abstraction and pretentiousness. 她的写作风格偏抽象化，也颇多矫饰。 See pretentious I thought it a delightful novel that contains no pretentiousness. There was a kind of pretentiousness to the critics reviews of the play. The pretentiousness and prices at the new coffee shop are a real let down. 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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