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单词 pretentiously
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pretentiously
adverb disapproving uk/prɪˈten.ʃəs.li/ us/prɪˈten.ʃəs.li/
装模作样地,矫饰地,自命不凡地
in a way that attempts to make you appear or sound more important or clever than you are
His learning is on display throughout the book, sometimes pretentiously so. 他的学识在整本书中都有体现,有时有炫耀的嫌疑。
This is pretentiously called a time management system, but it is really just a diary. 它被装模作样地称为时间管理系统,但实际上就是一本日记。
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  • The play is never pretentiously oblique.
  • The book was pretentiously titled in Latin.
  • The movie has a bad, pretentiously mystical ending.
  • He was expounding pretentiously about his theories.
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