affectation

[美]/æfek'teɪʃ(ə)n/
[英]/ˌæfɛk'teʃən/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 做作;矫揉造作; 假装
词形变化

例句

an affectation of calm.

故作镇静。

He made an affectation of indifference.

他装出无动于衷的样子。

the affectation of a man who measures every word for effect.

一个字斟句酌男子的矫情做作。

She is sincere and quite without affectation.

"她为人诚恳,毫不矫揉造作。"

a mock-heroic farce that burlesques the affectations of Restoration heroic drama.

一出模仿王政复辟时期英雄剧的笑剧。

The affectations in the way she speaks annoyed me.

她说话时装腔作势的样子惹我恼火。

simple but grandiose architecture); it often suggests pretentiousness, affectation, or pompousness (

简洁但巨大的建筑); 其常暗指自以为是,虚假或自傲(

He speaks with a British accent, but that is just an affectation because he’s not British.

他说话带有英国口音,但这是装出来的,因为他不是英国人。

an air of authority. In the plural, however, it suggests affectation and especially a wish to seem more important than is actually the case:

一副有权威的样子。 然而,用于复数时则表示做作,特别是比实际情况更为重要的愿望:

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