affectation 的定义
- 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.
affectation 近义词
pretended behavior to make an impression
更多affectation例句
- 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.