ostentation

英[ˌɒsten'teɪʃn]美[ˌɑːsten'teɪʃn]
  • n. 卖弄；虚饰；炫耀；<古>摆阔；讲排场

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    os-，向前，朝向，-tent，伸出，延展，词源同extend，tense，content.引申词义炫耀，卖弄。
      noun(名词)
      1. 炫耀，卖弄

    双解例句

    noun(名词)
    1. 炫耀，卖弄

      Her luxurious lifestyle and personal ostentation were both hated and envied.

      她奢侈的生活方式和自我炫耀让人又恨又妒。

    小知识

    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.

    The noun ostentation stems from the Latin word ostentationem, meaning “vain display.” It is often associated with material items that showcase one's wealth and luxury. Ostentation might come to the minds of the other parents if you drive a Lamborghini to drop your kids off at school. A movie star's gas-guzzling, 400-foot yacht may also be considered by many as a symbol of ostentation.

    实用短语

    1. free from showiness or ostentation

      不自命不凡的,谦虚的不炫耀或卖弄的

    2. reduce ostentation

      黔浮华

    3. free from ostentation or pretension

      端庄的

    4. ostentation e

      夸耀,夸示

    5. ostentation ?

      夸示的

    6. love ostentation

      讲排场

    7. ostentation ?

      夸耀

    8. ostentation and extravagance

      排场

    单词用法

    词根词缀
    词根 ostens= to appear 出现 ostensible adj. 表面的；明显的 ostens 出现 + ible 可…的，能…的；具有…性质的 → 出现的 → 明显的 ostensive adj. 以例证表明的；表面上的 ostens 出现 + ive 有…性质的 → 出现的 → 表面上的 ostentation n. 夸示，炫耀 ostent〔= ostens〕出现 + ation 行为，过程，状态，结果 → 拿出来〔给别人看〕→ 夸示 ostentatious adj. 铺张的；卖弄的 ostent 出现 + atious → 拿出来显摆 → 卖弄的

    同义词

    vanity  /  pomp

    同根词

    词根：ostentation

    adj.

    ostentatious招摇的；卖弄的；夸耀的；铺张的；惹人注目的