ostentation [,ɔsten'teiʃən]

英汉解释

n. 卖弄；虚饰；虚有其表

同义词

n. fanfare，flash，inflation，ostentatiousness

参考例句

1. Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation.
要选择行动的一声，而不是炫耀的一生。
2. Choose a life of action, not one of ostentation. ( C. Nepos.
选择行动的一生，而不是炫耀的一生。
3. She had a small property, which she bequeathed with much ostentation to a religious community.
她有一份小小的财产，已经大吹大擂地捐给一个宗教团体了。

英英解释

n.
  1. a gaudy outward display
  2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
  3. pretentious or showy or vulgar display

网络释义

ostentation
虚饰的; 夸示的; 卖弄; 夸耀，卖弄，炫耀;
look impressive but worthless ostentation
虚有其表;