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pretentious

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adj.自命不凡的

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pretentious为短语/超纲词汇

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名词:pretentiousness 副词:preten-tiously

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tend,tens,tent=to stretch(张开)

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affected  fancy  flashy  ostentatious  showy    

pretentious


/prɪ'tenʃəs; prɪ`tɛnʃəs/
adj claiming (esp without justification) merit or importance; pompous or showy 自负的; 自命不凡的; 炫耀的; 自我标榜的
*expressed in pretentious language 用狂妄的语言表达的
* a pretentious writer, book, style 自我炫耀的作家、书、文风.

pretentious


adj
if someone or something is pretentious, they try to seem more important, intelligent, or high class than they really are in order to be impressive
unpretentious
 a pretentious film
>pretentiouslyadv
>pretentiousnessn[U]
1. But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.
    而对不太装腔作势的古玩店,无论是谁都不用壮着胆子才敢往里进。

2. She has a pretentious style of entertaining guests.
    她款待客人时带有做作的样子。

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