pretentious
英 [prɪˈtenʃəs]
美 [prɪˈtenʃəs]
adj. 炫耀的; 虚夸的; 自命不凡的
Collins.1 / BNC.14642 / COCA.16028
牛津词典
adj.
- 炫耀的；虚夸的；自命不凡的
trying to appear important, intelligent, etc. in order to impress other people; trying to be sth that you are not, in order to impress- That's a pretentious name for a dog!
狗叫这个名字真够炫的！ - It was just an ordinary house─nothing pretentious.
那只是一座普通的房子，没有故作特别。 - He's so pretentious!
瞧他那副自命不凡的样儿！
- That's a pretentious name for a dog!
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 自命不凡的；自负的；矫饰的；炫耀的
If you say that someone or something ispretentious, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are.- 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。
- His response was full of pretentious nonsense...
英英释义
adj
- intended to attract notice and impress others
- an ostentatious sable coat
- making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
- a pretentious country house
- a pretentious fraud
- a pretentious scholarly edition
- (of a display) tawdry or vulgar
双语例句
- I find it pretentious when people say they don't have time for email or phone calls.
有人说自己没有时间发电邮或是打电话，我觉得这有些矫情。 - She's the most pretentious of all.
她是所有人之中最自命不凡的。 - He is the most pretentious writer in China.
他是中国最自负的作家。 - 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。 - People are so much more pretentious nowadays.
现在的人比以前浮华得多。 - He is a pretentious writer.
他是个自负的作家。 - Ciao Pretentious for an English-speaker, though I can see using it in a personal, playful email.
Ciao尽管我会在一些个人邮件，闹着玩的邮件中看到它，但是听起来让人感觉母语是英语的人相当狂妄。 - I never want to be that pretentious pot critic, he said.
我绝不会做那种装腔作势的大麻评论家，他说。 - He spouts a load of pretentious nonsense and people are stupid enough to believe him!
他喋喋不休地胡乱炫耀了一番，人们竟愚蠢得相信了他！ - I don't want to sound pretentious, but it makes the sculpture seem almost alive.
我不想说的自命不凡，但是，它使雕塑几乎活了起来。