Ostentatious
[,ɒsten'teɪʃəs] or [,ɑstɛn'teʃəs]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) intended to attract notice and impress others; 'an ostentatious sable coat' .
(adj.) (of a display) tawdry or vulgar .
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解釋/意思:
(a.) Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.
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同義詞及近義詞：
a. Boastful, vain, showy, dashing, flaunting, pompous, vainglorious, fond of display.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He was neither ostentatious nor luxurious, neither did he care about social position, not finally. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Well, that's partly it, said Mr. Venn, with ostentatious sentiment. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Smugglers landing laces and silks have been known to wind them around their bodies, as being less ostentatious than carrying them in a trunk. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- No costume could be less ostentatious. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- He passed his hand complacently over his bald head, and said with ostentatious resignation: 'My dear, we will not anticipate the decrees of fortune. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- A man can't very well be ostentatious of what nobody believes in. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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