ostentation

ostentation

英 [,ɒsten'teɪʃ(ə)n]
　　美 ['ɑstɛn'teʃən]

n. 賣弄；虛飾；虛有其表

中文詞源：

ostentation 炫耀，賣弄

os-,向前，朝向，-tent,伸出，延展，詞源同extend,tense,content.引申詞義炫耀，賣弄。

例句：

1. I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.
他們生活奢侈,愛擺闊,我不敢恭維.

2. Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s.
消費者摒棄瞭20世紀80年代鋪張擺闊的陋習。

3. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
大體上說，她生活儉樸，不事張揚。

4. Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
他們女兒大辦婚事純然是為瞭炫耀.

5. Do you reject his ostentation and glories in this world?
你們會拒絕他對於這個世界的狂妄和自大 嗎 ?