pretentiously 的定义
- characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
- making an exaggerated outward show; ostentatious.
- full of pretense or pretension; having no factual basis; false.
pretentiously 近义词
等同于 egotistically
pretentiously 的近义词 9 个
等同于 ostentatiously
pretentiously 的近义词 4 个
更多pretentiously例句
- By then, pretentiously revolutionary political names had descended to the world of crack.
- They have no saloon on deck, though a couple of small apartments, abaft the paddle-boxes, are pretentiously called "pavilions."
- Chris had her hands full trying to live pretentiously on a rather small income.
- This basin had originally been pretentiously ornamented, but time and vegetation had greatly improved these efforts of bad taste.
- A more cultured woman would only have misunderstood me more pretentiously.
- We spend part of our busy little lives in somewhat pretentiously undertaking to report its dicta.