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pretentiously

/pri-ten-shuhs/US // prɪˈtɛn ʃəs //UK // (prɪˈtɛnʃəs) //

矫情地,假装,自命不凡,自命不凡地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : 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.

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Examples

  • 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.

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