| 单词 | affectation |
| 释义 | affectation (once / 1154 pages) n The guy at your local coffee shop who's never left the state but speaks as though he's lived in London all his life? His British accent is an affectation. Never confuse affectation with affection — which means “love” or “tenderness.” While affection might not always be genuine, affectation is never the real thing. In fact, affectation is all about faking it. Do you believe the politician cares about poor people, or do you think his concern is an affectation? WORD FAMILYaffectation: affectations+/affect: affectation, affected, affecting, affectional, affective, affects, disaffect/affected: affectedest, affectedly, affectedness, ill-affected, unaffected/affecting: affectingly, unaffecting/affectional: affectionally/affective: affectively/disaffect: disaffected, disaffecting, disaffection, disaffects/disaffection: disaffections/unaffected: unaffectedly, unaffectedness USAGE EXAMPLESZardulu speaks slowly, either as an affectation of mystery, or because she carefully chooses her words. Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) One, I suspect, is an affectation designed to disguise the other, but I am 33 and no longer sure which is which. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) They were a declaration of surrender — or, at their silky best, an affectation. Washington Post(Dec 11, 2016) n a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display Syn|Hypo|Hyper affectedness, mannerism, pose attitude a theatrical pose created for effect radical chican affectation of radical left-wing views and the fashionable dress and lifestyle that goes with them feigning, pretence, pretending, pretense, simulation the act of giving a false appearance |
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