音标:[.ɒsten'teiʃәs] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
a. 装饰表面的, 铺张的, 夸示的, 华美的, 显眼的
a. intended to attract notice and impress others
s. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

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用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Their daughter was ostentatious on her wedding reception.他们的女儿在办婚事时摆阔。
  2. Owning a sewing machine was a ostentatious display.那时候拥有缝纫机简直是可以炫耀的资本。
  3. Those states, ostentatious and extravagant design will soon be cold-shouldered by the market.那些铺张、摆阔的设计一定会很快受到市场的冷落。
  4. The singers carry the musical instrument to go out the ostentatious bar street wearily , returns to nearby own den to drink eats meal .歌手们背着乐器疲倦地走出浮华的酒吧街,回到自己的老巢边喝酒吃饭。
  5. Their wedding was a most ostentatious and extravagant affair.他们的婚礼办得可排场了。
  6. It is not , however , the most ostentatious house on the reservation.尽管如此,这并非是当地最豪华的公寓。

经典引文

  • A group of long-term unemployed..provoked by the ostentatious display of privilege and prosperity.

    出自:J. G. Ballard
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