ostentation

英 [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃn]

n.  (对财富、知识、技能的)炫耀，卖弄，夸示

IELTSGRE

BNC.32895 / COCA.30755

牛津词典

noun

• （对财富、知识、技能的）炫耀，卖弄，夸示
  an exaggerated display of wealth, knowledge or skill that is made in order to impress people

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 炫耀；夸示；卖弄
  If you describe someone's behaviour asostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people.
  1. Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s...
     消费者摒弃了20世纪80年代铺张摆阔的陋习。
  2. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
     大体上说，她生活俭朴，不事张扬。

英英释义

noun

• pretentious or showy or vulgar display
• lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
  Synonym:ostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesspuffinesssplashinessinflation
• a gaudy outward display
  Synonym:fanfareflash

双语例句

• On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
  大体上说，她生活俭朴，不事张扬。
• My distaste for any ostentation.
  我对任何炫耀的厌恶。
• The statue has beauty without ostentation.
  那座雕像有一种非虚饰的美[朴实无华之美]。
• In6, the formation of the team, not one-sided pursuit of ostentation, establish long team, lead to the harmonious and unified, easy to cause the accident.
  在组建车队时，不要片面地追求排场，组建过长车队，导致无法协调统一，容易造成事故。
• Socrates, Aristotle, Galen, were men full of ostentation.
  苏格拉底、亚里士多德、盖伦，都是富于夸耀性的人。
• Maxim restaurant While ostentation, but it is not absolutely can not afford anything.
  马克西姆餐厅的排场虽然大，但也并非是绝对消费不起的。
• The official media announced that he had failed to overcome errors such as abuse of authority and ostentation.
  官方媒体宣称这是因为他没能改掉滥用职权和浮夸的错误。
• Women's hats went through periods of astonishing ostentation, the last being the years preceding World War I.
  女帽则经历了一些非常夸饰的时期，最后的这种阶段是发生在第一次世界大战前几年。
• Ostentation of Economy and Ruins of Culture& Comparative Research on Jia Ping'ao's Ruined City and Yexin's Prosperous City
  两都赋：经济的浮华与文化的废墟&贾平凹的《废都》与叶辛的《华都》的比较研究
• Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
  他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀。