pretentiousness
n. 矫饰; 炫耀; 自负; 狂妄
If you say that someone or something is pretentious, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are.
His response was full of pretentious nonsense...
他的答复是一派荒谬的虚夸之词。
This pub was of a very different type, smaller, less pretentious.
这个酒吧风格独特,面积不大,比较低调。
1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
2. the quality of being pretentious (creating a false appearance of great importance or worth)
He has a tendency towards pretentiousness.
他总是想表现得自命不凡。
Such pretentiousness cannot reflect truth but is an obstacle to truth.
这种装腔作势的东西,不能反映真理,而是妨害真理的.
This is not your exclusive unrivalled skill. What do you base your pretentiousness on?
这又不是你的独家绝活儿, 你凭什么拿糖呀?
She railed against hypocrisy, pretentiousness and self - regard, while lauding modesty, fidelity, decency, and achievement.
她不喜欢虚伪,矫饰和自大, 而崇尚谦逊, 忠诚, 正派和成就.