音标:[.ɒsten'teiʃәn] ;
n. 虚饰, 虚有其表, 卖弄
n. a gaudy outward display
n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
n. pretentious or showy or vulgar display
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ostentation的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He ignored the public ostentation of his time, as well as the private misery.他忽视了当时在社会上流行的卖弄浮夸和一般平民的悲困痛苦。
  2. The statue had beauty without ostentation.那座雕像有一种非虚饰的美。
  3. Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀.
  4. He objected on principle to luxury and ostentation.他反对奢侈摆阔。

经典引文

  • You are come..and have prevented the ostentation of our love.

    出自:Anthony Cleopatra,Shakespeare
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