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ostentation

/os-ten-tey-shuhn, -tuhn-/US // ˌɒs tɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -tən- //UK // (ˌɒstɛnˈteɪʃən) //

浮夸风,浮夸,铺张浪费,大肆渲染

Related Words

parade巡游,巡行,巡展,巡游活动show显示,展示,显示出,表明pompousness浮夸风,浮夸,华而不实,浮华pretension矫揉造作,矫枉过正,矫情,矫饰性spectacle壮观的景象,壮观的场面,景观,场景affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心array阵列,数组,阵列式,阵列中demonstration演示,示范,示威,演示文稿splurge挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,花钱swank挥霍无度,挥霍,挥杆,挥霍浪费boasting夸夸其谈,夸大其词,浮夸,夸口说flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电exhibition展览,展会,展览会,展会简介vainglory虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,爱慕虚荣,虚荣swagger挥洒自如,挥斥方遒,摇摆不定braggadocio夸夸其谈,夸大其词,夸夸其谈的人pomp奢华,夸张,奢靡,壮观fuss大惊小怪,大惊小怪的bravado虚张声势,勇气,勇于担当,勇敢的人pretending假装,假设,假装的,装作

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : pretentious or conspicuous show, as of wealth or importance; display intended to impress others.
    • : Archaic. the act of showing or exhibiting; display.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounexhibitionism, flashiness
Synonyms
affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心array阵列,数组,阵列式,阵列中boast夸口说,夸耀,夸夸其谈,夸口boasting夸夸其谈,夸大其词,浮夸,夸口说brag吹牛,吹嘘,自吹自擂,吹牛逼braggadocio夸夸其谈,夸大其词,夸夸其谈的人bragging吹牛,吹嘘,吹牛的人,吹捧bravado虚张声势,勇气,勇于担当,勇敢的人demonstration演示,示范,示威,演示文稿display展示,展示的,展示的是exhibition展览,展会,展览会,展会简介flamboyance浮夸风,浮夸,浮华,浮华风flash闪光,闪存,闪现,闪电flourish兴旺,兴旺发达,兴盛,兴起fuss大惊小怪,大惊小怪的garishness乱七八糟的东西,乱七八糟,乱花渐欲迷人眼,浪费magnificence辉煌,壮丽,壮美,壮观pageant选美,选美比赛,选拔赛,选美活动pageantry庆典活动,庆典,庆典仪式,宴会parade巡游,巡行,巡展,巡游活动pomp奢华,夸张,奢靡,壮观pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气pompousness浮夸风,浮夸,华而不实,浮华pretending假装,假设,假装的,装作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shine发光,闪闪发光,闪耀,闪闪发亮show显示,展示,显示出,表明showiness炫耀性,秀气,炫耀,表现spectacle壮观的景象,壮观的场面,景观,场景splendor光辉,绚烂,辉煌,绚丽splurge挥霍,挥霍浪费,挥霍无度,花钱swagger挥洒自如,挥斥方遒,摇摆不定swank挥霍无度,挥霍,挥杆,挥霍浪费vainglory虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,爱慕虚荣,虚荣vaunt夸奖,夸赞,夸耀,夸张false front假面,虚伪的正面,虚假的前台,虚伪面孔flaunting炫耀,炫耀性的,炫耀性,炫耀的grandstand play看台游戏,看台戏,看台演出,看台上的表演parading巡游,游行,阅兵,阅兵式showing off炫耀,炫耀性,炫耀的,炫耀着showoff炫耀,炫耀性,炫富,炫技swaggering大摇大摆的,大摇大摆,大摇大摆地,大摇大摆地走着vaunting炫耀,炫耀性,夸耀,虚荣心window-dressing

Examples

  • You eschew ostentation when times are good, and you pay your fair share of the cost when times are bad.

  • He was a showman who indulged in ostentation and flamboyance.

  • It can be shocking at first—the copious amounts of nudity, ostentation, “O” faces, all twisted, layered, sometimes even malformed.

  • The lower class were idle and lazy, and willing to serve any sovereign who appealed to them by ostentation.

  • He displayed no ostentation in dress, or equipage, or manners, to provoke the desire in others to humble him.

  • The malecontents at the coffeehouses of London murmured at this profusion, and accused William of ostentation.

  • In all this, we repeat, there is neither refinement nor elegance, but simply vulgar ostentation.

  • She is aristocratic to the nth degree, and is never over done; courage she has, but no ostentation.

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