pretentiousness

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英 [prɪ'tenʃəsnəs]

美 [prɪˈtɛnʃəsnɪs]

是什么意思

矫饰；炫耀；自负；狂妄

英英释义

pretentiousness[ pri'tenʃəsnis ]

n.
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
  同义词：ostentationostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspuffinesssplashinessinflation
- the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
  同义词：pretensionlargeness

学习怎么用

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

He greatly disliked what he perceived as the artificiality and pretentiousness of academic life.
他很讨厌他所体会到的不自然的和自命不凡的学院生活。
Mahimacharan and Pratap Hazra were two devotees outstanding for their pretentiousness and idiosyncrasies.
玛希玛切兰和帕拉塔普哈扎拉两位奉献者以自命不凡的特性而闻名。

权威例句

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同义词

unscrupulousness inflation ego conceit

同根词

pretentious pretension

p开头的单词