Ostentatious
[,ɒsten'teɪʃəs] or [,ɑstɛn'teʃəs]
解释:
(adj.) intended to attract notice and impress others; 'an ostentatious sable coat' .
(adj.) (of a display) tawdry or vulgar .
杰里手打--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
安琪莉可录入
同义词及近义词：
a. Boastful, vain, showy, dashing, flaunting, pompous, vainglorious, fond of display.
海伦娜编辑
例句:
- Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- He was neither ostentatious nor luxurious, neither did he care about social position, not finally. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- Well, that's partly it, said Mr. Venn, with ostentatious sentiment. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Smugglers landing laces and silks have been known to wind them around their bodies, as being less ostentatious than carrying them in a trunk. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- No costume could be less ostentatious. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- He passed his hand complacently over his bald head, and said with ostentatious resignation: 'My dear, we will not anticipate the decrees of fortune. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- A man can't very well be ostentatious of what nobody believes in. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
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