ostentation
ostentation 英 [ˌɒstenˈteɪʃn] 美 [ˌɑstenˈteɪʃn]
n. 卖弄；虚饰；虚有其表
名词复数:ostentations
- Ostentation is a pretentious or showy display (gaudy or flashy), usually designed to attract attention. Ostentation is a woman in a fur coat, covered in diamond jewelry, boarding a gold-plated private jet.
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- n. 卖弄；虚饰；虚有其表
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1. She had a small property, which she bequeathed with much ostentation to a religious community.
她有一份小小的财产，已经大吹大擂地捐给一个宗教团体了。
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2. In most animal species, Darwin noted, females do the choosing—basing their decision on the ornamentation and ostentation males use to attract them.
达尔文注意到，大多数动物都是由雌性选择雄性——其择偶的标准，是雄性吸引雌性的羽饰及炫耀的姿态。
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3. Such ostentation is the exception rather than the norm in China, where the average person's energy use is still only a quarter that in the US.
在中国，这样的排场还很少有，并不寻常，那里的人均能源消耗还只是美国人的四分之一。
- ostentation (n.) mid-15c., from Old French ostentacion (mid-14c.) and directly from Latin ostentationem (nominative ostentatio) "showing, exhibition, vain display," noun of action from past participle stem of ostentare "to display," frequentative of ostendere "to show" (see ostensible).
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