histrionic
histrionic 英 [ˌhɪstriˈɒnɪk] 美 [ˌhɪstriˈɑnɪk]
adj. 戏剧的；演员的，表演的 n. 演员
名词复数:histrionics
- Anything that has to do with actors or acting can be called histrionic, like a Broadway actor's histrionic voice projection that would sound strange in everyday life but is perfect for the stage.
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- adj. 戏剧的；演员的，表演的
- n. 演员
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1. Yet again, I find myself doubting tabloid claims of real mental illness and prefer to attribute bad behavior to spoiled narcissism or histrionic acting out.
再一次地，我发现自己开始怀疑他们是真的精神疾病患者还是更喜欢做出消极的行为来满足自己的自恋癖或是表演欲。
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2. The committee would also do away with a few other less well-known problems, such as histrionic personality disorder, and add in a scale to rate the severity of such traits.
委员会也废去了其他一些不知名的问题，如表演型人格障碍，在一定程度上加大了这些特点的严重性。
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3. Obama and McCain avoided a histrionic debate about China during the 2008 campaign and Obama probably thought he had a free hand on China policy.
奥巴马和麦凯恩在2008年的选战中没有就中国进行做秀似的辩论，也许奥巴马就此认为他在对华政策上可以从心所欲。
- histrionic (adj.) "theatrical" (figuratively, "hypocritical"), 1640s, from French histrionique "pertaining to an actor," from stem of Latin histrio (genitive histrionis) "actor," a word said to be of Etruscan origin. The literal sense in English is from 1759. The earlier adjective was histrionical (1550s). Related: Histrionically.
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