名词自负; 狂妄; 矫饰; 炫耀
1. 自命不凡:pretentiousness 自命不凡 | preternatural 异常的,超自然的 | pretext 借口
2. 矫饰, 炫耀; 自负, 狂妄 (名):pretentious 自负的, 夸耀的, 自任不凡的 (形) | pretentiousness 矫饰, 炫耀; 自负, 狂妄 (名) | preterit 过去时态; 过去式动词 (名)
1. But what turned people off is the pretentiousness of holding such hearings.
2. Behind the trend is the pursuit of vanity and pretentiousness among government officials.
3. But Siao had different criteria - no posing, no pretentiousness and no fake smiles.
noun
1. the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth)
Synonym: pretension largeness
2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
Synonym: ostentation ostentatiousness pomposity pompousness puffiness splashiness inflation