pretentious
adjective
disapprovinguk/prɪˈten.ʃəs/us/prɪˈten.ʃəs/tryingtoappearorsoundmoreimportantorcleverthan you are,especiallyinmattersofartandliterature:
(尤指在文学艺术方面)炫耀的,矫饰的,自以为是的a pretentiousartcritic自以为是的艺术评论家
Thenoveldealswithgrandthemes, but is neverheavyor pretentious.这部小说探讨的是重大主题,但它决不沉闷也不矫饰。
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- feyness
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- posey
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick