pretentious

英[prɪˈtenʃəs]美[prɪˈtenʃəs]

adj.狂妄的，自命不凡的，自负的，虚伪的，矫饰的，做作的；

副词：pretentiously;

名词：pretentiousness;

例句

It sounds a bit pretentious.这听上去有些狂妄。

She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout.她看着恋人,故作不悦地撅着嘴.

It'sounds a bit pretentious.这听上去有些狂妄.

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

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。

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。

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

...the pretentious quality of the poetry...这首诗浮夸造作的特点

...a spoiled aristocrat with pretentious airs and esoteric tastes.自命不凡、品位刁钻且被惯坏了的贵族成员

同义词

adj.

pretentious的同义词之：虚伪的;外表的

ostentatiousflashyaffectedshowyfancy

pretentious的同义词之：其他释义

aristocratictheatricalflashyhypocriticalostentatiousconsequentialfancyaffectedshowyboastful

反义词

pretentious的反义词之：

unpretentiousmodest

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ADJ-GRADED

自命不凡的；自负的；矫饰的；炫耀的

If you say that someone or something is pretentious, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are.

例句

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

英汉词典释义

adj.

狂妄的, 自命不凡的, 自负的

It sounds a bit pretentious.这听上去有些狂妄。

英英词典释义

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 that is tawdry or vulgar