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affectation

/af-ek-tey-shuhn/US // ˌæf ɛkˈteɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌæfɛkˈteɪʃən) //

影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心

Related Words

artificiality人为性,人造性,人工性,人性show显示,展示,显示出,表明pose姿势,构成,姿态,构成的appearance外观,外貌,样子,外观设计mannerism习气,习性,习气主义,习气性simulation模拟,仿真,仿真模拟,仿真度insincerity虚伪性,假意,不真诚,虚伪facade门面,门脸,门面房,门牌pretentiousness装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情airs空气,空气中,空气中的,空中imitation模仿,模仿品,仿制,仿冒品pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性front前面,前面的,正面,前方put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的false front假面,虚伪的正面,虚假的前台,虚伪面孔

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession: an affectation of interest in art; affectation of great wealth.
    • : conspicuous artificiality of manner or appearance; effort to attract notice by pretense, assumption, or any assumed peculiarity.
    • : a trait, action, or expression characterized by such artificiality: a man of a thousand affectations.
    • : Obsolete. strenuous pursuit, desire, or aspiration.affection; fondness: his affectation of literature.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpretended behavior to make an impression
Synonyms
air空气,气,空,空气中airs空气,空气中,空气中的,空中appearance外观,外貌,样子,外观设计artificiality人为性,人造性,人工性,人性facade门面,门脸,门面房,门牌front前面,前面的,正面,前方imitation模仿,模仿品,仿制,仿冒品insincerity虚伪性,假意,不真诚,虚伪mannerism习气,习性,习气主义,习气性pose姿势,构成,姿态,构成的pretense幌子,伪装,矫饰,虚假pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性pretentiousness装腔作势,自命不凡,伪装,矫情put-on穿上,穿上衣服,穿上了,穿上它sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的show显示,展示,显示出,表明simulation模拟,仿真,仿真模拟,仿真度false front假面,虚伪的正面,虚假的前台,虚伪面孔going hollywood走向好莱坞,去好莱坞,去往好莱坞,去好莱坞发展putting on airs做大做强,装腔作势,装模作样,做大手术showing off炫耀,炫耀性,炫耀的,炫耀着

Examples

  • My growing affectation for him aside, Ethan Winters isn’t likely to enter the pantheon of great video game characters.

  • It is the sort of affectation a bad man might pick up after too many viewings of “The Shining.”

  • Cringe is only possible in a cultural and political moment like ours, when we have so effectively surrounded ourselves with those who share our affections and affectations.

  • She finds your old-fashioned affectations sweet, but more than that she craves what you have, the information you have carried in your body for so many decades.

  • He signed off with a certain affectation, an identifiable term, so I'm not using it here.

  • What is a distinctive habit or affectation related to the writing process?

  • What is a distinctive habit or affectation of yours related to writing?

  • Fashion affectation, though, was lost on Liebling, whose military-issue slacks fit so loosely they flapped in the breeze.

  • Saturn in your sign will keep things real, refining elements in your make-up that smack of affectation.

  • And he replied shortly, and with a slight charming affectation of pride: "I did without."

  • To me the national affectation of piety and holiness resembles a white shirt put on over a dirty skin.

  • Her affectation of extreme youth was so absurdly ridiculous, that it made her appear older and uglier than she really was.

  • Avoid affectation; it is the sure test of a deceitful, vulgar mind.

  • He is a stranger to affectation—that dangerous rock to the would-be wit; he is natural, and is witty without trying to be a wit.

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