ostentation
ostentation 英 [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn] 美 [ˌɑstenˈteɪʃn]
n. 炫耀，卖弄
名词复数:ostentations
- Ostentation is a pretentious or showy display (gaudy or flashy), usually designed to attract attention. Ostentation is a woman in a fur coat, covered in diamond jewelry, boarding a gold-plated private jet.
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- n. 炫耀，卖弄
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1. I don’t like the ostentation of their expensive life-style.
他们生活奢侈,爱摆阔,我不敢恭维。
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2. he would despise any ostentation of expense.
他会鄙视任何炫耀性的花费
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3. the ostentation of wealth
财富的炫耀
- ostentation (n.) mid-15c., from Old French ostentacion (mid-14c.) and directly from Latin ostentationem (nominative ostentatio) "showing, exhibition, vain display," noun of action from past participle stem of ostentare "to display," frequentative of ostendere "to show" (see ostensible).
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