affectation
affectation 英 [ˌæfekˈteɪʃn] 美 [ˌæfɛkˈteʃən]
n. 做作；矫揉造作；假装
名词复数:affectations
- The guy at your local coffee shop who's never left the state but speaks as though he's lived in London all his life? His British accent is an affectation.
- 请先登录
- n. 做作；矫揉造作；假装
-
1. affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.
矫揉造作不可避免的会暴露不能肯定自己的人。
-
2. First of all a negative one, my friend: it would never be guilty of affectation.
首先是一个否定的，我的朋友：它永远不会有矫揉造作的罪过。
-
3. For affectation is seen, as you know, when the soul, or moving force, appears at some point other than the centre of gravity of the movement.
因为矫揉造作，正如你知道的那样，是在灵魂，或移动的力，在运动的重心之外的点上出现的时候，才被发现的。
- affectation (n.) "studied display, artificiality of manner or conduct," 1540s, from Middle French affectation (16c.) or directly from Latin affectationem (nominative affectatio) "a striving after, a claiming," noun of action from past participle stem of affectare "to strive for" (see affect (v.2)).
- 请先登录
0 个回复