Pretentious
[ prɪ'tɛnʃəs ]
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adj. 狂妄的，自命不凡的，自负的;虚伪的，矫饰的，做作的;
💡 词根助记
pre提前+tent延伸+ious形容词后缀→ 自负的；虚伪的
📝 例句
He is a talented but pretentious writer.
他是一个有才华但自命不凡的作家。
Let other people use the more pretentious words.
言过其辞的话让别人说吧。
He was restless with pretentious rhetoric.
他不尚空谈。
What he was saying must sound both feeble and pretentious.
他说的话听起来一定很软弱空洞。
Don't be so pretentious.
别那样虚伪。
🌱 联想助记
pretend 假装，假装自己是大人物
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-tend-表示“延伸”
常见变体有-tent-、-tens-
📖 牛津释义
pretentious
adj
claiming (esp without justification) merit or importance; pompous or showy 自负的; 自命不凡的; 炫耀的; 自我标榜的
expressed in pretentious language 用狂妄的语言表达的
a pretentious writer, book, style 自我炫耀的作家、 书、 文风.
🔁 扩展释义
*[pri'tenʃәs]a. 自负的, 自命不凡的, 夸耀的
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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I see.
我明白了。
We should learn the value of money and learn how many hours' work has to be done before we can buy something.
我们应该认识到钱的价值，知道要干多少小时的活，我们才能买某件物品。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.
12天后，当一列慢车将盛有甘地骨灰的坛子驶向584公里外，靠近恒河的一个地方时，又有数百万人排列的铁路两旁，夹道送行。