ostentation

[美國]/ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn/
[英國]/ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃn/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

n. 擺闊,講排場炫耀,賣弄
Word Forms

例句

I don’t like the ostentation of their expensive life-style.

他們生活奢侈,愛擺闊,我不敢恭維。

emphasizing straightforwardness and rejecting embellishments, ostentation and argumentum;

重白描,不事藻繪,造語多議論;

The wealthy couple's ostentation was evident in their extravagant mansion.

這對富有的夫婦的炫耀在他們奢華的大廈中顯而易見。

She flaunted her wealth with unnecessary ostentation, trying to impress others.

她用不必要的炫耀展示她的財富,試圖給別人留下深刻印象。

The ostentation of the event was overwhelming, with flashy decorations and expensive catering.

這次活動的炫耀太過分了,裝飾華麗,餐飲昂貴。

He disliked the ostentation of the award ceremony, preferring a more low-key celebration.

他不喜歡頒獎典禮的炫耀,更喜歡低調的慶祝方式。

The ostentation of the celebrity's lifestyle was a facade hiding inner insecurities.

這位名人生活的炫耀是掩蓋內心不安全感的幌子。

The ostentation of the hotel's lobby was designed to impress guests upon arrival.

酒店大堂的炫耀設計旨在給客人留下深刻印象。

She rejected the ostentation of designer labels, preferring simple and understated fashion.

她拒絕設計師品牌的炫耀,更喜歡簡單低調的時尚。

The ostentation of the royal family's lifestyle was a subject of public fascination.

皇室家族生活的炫耀是公衆着迷的話題。

The ostentation of his success was a way to mask his feelings of inadequacy.

他成功的炫耀是爲了掩飾自己的不足感。

The ostentation of the event overshadowed its true purpose and message.

活動的炫耀掩蓋了它真正的目的和信息。

原聲例句

Germans usually expect to read about such clerical ostentation in history books about the Reformation.

德國人通常喜歡從有關宗教改革的歷史書上閱讀到此類關於牧師虛僞的故事。

來源: The Economist (Summary)

But it was about more than the ostentation of wealth, the trappings of status.

但這不僅僅是財富的炫耀和象徵地位的裝飾。

來源: If national treasures could speak.

He studied diligently, without any difficulty and without the slightest ostentation, receiving gold medals for his compositions.

他刻苦學習, 沒有任何困難, 沒有絲毫的浮誇, 他的作文獲得了金獎。

來源: Resurrection

He avoided the Colonel's appealing looks without ostentation, and selected another cheroot with more than usual care.

他毫不掩飾地避開了上校那誘人的外表, 並且格外小心地挑選了另一支方頭雪茄。

來源: New Arabian Nights (Volume 1)

His way of living, as well as that of Hippias and Protagoras, two other eminent teachers of those times, is represented by Plato as splendid, even to ostentation.

他的生活方式, 以及當時另外兩位傑出教師希皮亞斯和普羅泰戈拉的生活方式, 被柏拉圖代表爲輝煌, 甚至炫耀。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part One)

On the contrary, he would have despised any ostentation of expense; his profession had familiarized him with all grades of poverty, and he cared much for those who suffered hardships.

相反,他會鄙視任何炫耀性的花費;他的職業使他熟悉各種程度的貧困,他非常關心那些遭受苦難的人。

來源: Middlemarch (Part Three)

Nothing in it ever changed—neither the people, nor the family portraits, nor the heavy furniture and ugly plate, nor the vulgar ostentation of riches, nor the lifeless aspect of everything.

裏面什麼都沒有變——人,全家福,沉重的傢俱和醜陋的盤子,庸俗的炫富,一切都沒有生氣的一面。

來源: The Gadfly (Original Version)

A hospitality in which there is no luxury, and a liberality in which there is no ostentation, occasion, in this situation of things, the principal expenses of the rich and the great.

在這種情況下,一種沒有奢華的款待,一種沒有炫耀的慷慨,是富人和大人物的主要開支。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

Their wealth would alone excite the public indignation; and the vanity which almost always accompanies such upstart fortunes, the foolish ostentation with which they commonly display that wealth, excite that indignation still more.

光是他們的財富就會激起公衆的憤慨; 幾乎總是伴隨着這些暴發戶的虛榮心, 以及他們通常炫耀財富的愚蠢炫耀, 更加激起了人們的憤慨。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

But the instances, I believe, are not very numerous, of people who have been ruined by a hospitality or liberality of this kind; though the hospitality of luxury, and the liberality of ostentation have ruined many.

但我相信,這樣的好客或慷慨毀了人的例子並不多; 儘管奢侈的款待和炫耀的慷慨毀了很多人。

來源: The Wealth of Nations (Part Five)

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