| 词汇 | pretentious |
| 释义 | pretentious /prɪtenʃəs/ (disapproving) trying to appear important or intelligent in order to impress other people; trying to be sth that you are not, in order to impress炫耀的；虚夸的；自命不凡的◆that's a pretentious name for a cat!猫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，没有要故作特别。◆he's so pretentious!他太自命不凡了！ opp unpretentious → modest ➡ see also pretension → pretension pretentious/prɪˈtenʃəs ||; prɪˈtɛnʃəs/adj trying to appear more serious or important than you really are 自命不凡的；自抬身价的；狂妄的: ◇i think it sounds pretentious to use a lot of foreign words. 我认为，使用很多外国词听上去就有点自命不凡。 pretentioussee ⇨ show off 3 pre·ten·tious /prɪ`tɛnʃəs; prɪˈtenʃəs/adjtrying to seem more important, serious, or clever than you really are 狂妄的，自负的:◇he was a pretentious young man, given to quoting from little known french poets. 他是个自以为是的年轻人，老喜欢引两句法国无名小诗人的诗句。 |
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