英语词汇“ostentation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ostentationos‧ten‧ta‧tion /ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən, -ten- $ ˌɑː-/ noun [uncountable] formal

WORD ORIGINostentation

Origin:

1400-1500 Old French, Latin, from ostentare ‘to show ostentatiously’, from ostendere; ➔ OSTENSIBLE

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

the ostentation and idleness of the rich

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And there is the look: richness without ostentation and flash.
His extravagance and ostentation were balanced by a natural dignity and reserve.
However, a really heavy paper does not impress and is often seen more as ostentation than as a sign of quality.
Inside the church, the degree of elaboration and ostentation of both architecture and fittings indicates status and wealth in the community.
It was a time not only of heroic inequality but of incredible ostentation.
Soloist Annette Servadei played beautifully with an involvement entirely free from any kind of ostentation.
Therefore, ostentation continues to have a purpose.
With the decline of ostentation, or its vulgarization, wealth and hence inequality were no longer flagrantly advertised.

when you deliberately try to show people how rich or clever you are, in order to make them admire you:

Her lifestyle was remarkably free from ostentation.

单词	ostentation
释义	ostentationos‧ten‧ta‧tion /ˌɒstənˈteɪʃən, -ten- $ ˌɑː-/ noun [uncountable] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINostentation Origin: 1400-1500 Old French, Latin, from ostentare ‘to show ostentatiously’, from ostendere; ➔ OSTENSIBLE Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES the ostentation and idleness of the rich EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And there is the look: richness without ostentation and flash. His extravagance and ostentation were balanced by a natural dignity and reserve. However, a really heavy paper does not impress and is often seen more as ostentation than as a sign of quality. Inside the church, the degree of elaboration and ostentation of both architecture and fittings indicates status and wealth in the community. It was a time not only of heroic inequality but of incredible ostentation. Soloist Annette Servadei played beautifully with an involvement entirely free from any kind of ostentation. Therefore, ostentation continues to have a purpose. With the decline of ostentation, or its vulgarization, wealth and hence inequality were no longer flagrantly advertised. when you deliberately try to show people how rich or clever you are, in order to make them admire you: Her lifestyle was remarkably free from ostentation.
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