pretentious

英[prɪ'tenʃəs] 美[prɪ'tenʃəs]
  • adj. 自命不凡的；自负的；矫饰的；炫耀的
pretentiously pretentiousness
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星级词汇:
  • pretax adj.纳税前所得的

详细释义

    adj. (形容词)
    1. 狂妄的，自命不凡的，自负的 claiming (in an unpleasant way) to have importance,artistic value,or social rank that one does not really possess

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction;

    "a pretentious country house"
    "a pretentious fraud"
    "a pretentious scholarly edition"

  2. intended to attract notice and impress others;

    "an ostentatious sable coat"

  3. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

双语例句

1. This pub was of a very different type, smaller, less pretentious.
这个酒吧风格独特，面积不大，比较低调。

来自柯林斯例句

2. That's a pretentious name for a dog!
狗叫这个名字真够炫的！

来自《权威词典》

3. It'sounds a bit pretentious.
这听上去有些狂妄.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. Stripped of their pretentious verbiage, his statements come dangerously close to inviting racial hatred.
抛开那些夸大其词的冗词赘语不论，他的言论有挑起种族仇恨的危险。

来自辞典例句

5. His response was full of pretentious nonsense.
他的答复是一派荒谬的虚夸之词。

来自辞典例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. He is a talented but pretentious writer.
      他是一个有才华但自命不凡的作家。
    2. That young man is extremely pretentious.
      那个年轻人非常自命不凡。
    3. He imposed his pretentious books on the public.
      他把他写的自认为不错的书强行推销给大众。
    4. People are so much more pretentious nowadays.
      现在的人比以前浮华得多。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作表语 S+be+～
    1. It sounds a bit pretentious.
      这听上去有些狂妄。

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【邻近词汇】

pretext pretension pretentiously pretentiousness pretentious literary style pretentious tone and good poetry Pretentiously arrogant and overbearing. Pretentiously or self-consciously artistic.
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