ostentation
n[U]
(derog 贬) exaggerated display (of wealth, knowledge, skill, etc) intended to impress people or make them envious (对财富、 知识、 技巧等的)夸耀, 炫示, 夸示, 卖弄
the vulgar ostentation of the newly rich 暴发户庸俗的摆阔
Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation. 他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀.
🔁 扩展释义
*[,ɒsten'teiʃәn]n. 虚饰, 虚有其表, 卖弄
📖 同为「GMAT」词汇
retentiveadj. (指记忆力)有记性的,记性强的;能保持或容纳液体等的;
adv. 有记性地,记性强地;
n. 保持力;<物>顽磁性;
Her parents died when she was a baby and she was raised by her grandparents.
她很小的时候,父母就死了,是祖父母把她带大的。
Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbors, vehicles of al kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet village, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in