记忆方法
1. os- "in front of" + tent- + -ation.
2. 字面含义：stretched to the front. => show, expose to view, exhibit, display.
3. => apparent, professed.
4. 也就是拉伸到前面、表面。
5. ostentate + -ious(复合后缀：-y, -ous).
6. ostentation => ostentati- + -ous.
2. 字面含义：stretched to the front. => show, expose to view, exhibit, display.
3. => apparent, professed.
4. 也就是拉伸到前面、表面。
5. ostentate + -ious(复合后缀：-y, -ous).
6. ostentation => ostentati- + -ous.
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词族 · ostentatious
派生词
中文词源
ostentatious 炫耀的，卖弄的
来自ostentation,炫耀，卖弄。
英语词源
- ostentatious (adj.)
- 1701, from ostentation + -ous. Earlier in a similar sense were ostentative (c. 1600); ostentive (1590s). Related: Ostentatiously; ostentatiousness (1650s).
权威例句
- 1. She's got a lovely way with language without ever sounding ostentatious.
- 她的语言优美，丝毫无装腔作势之感。
- 2. He gave an ostentatious yawn.
- 他张扬地打了个哈欠。
- 3. They were neither aggressive nor ostentatious.
- 他们不好斗,也不爱炫耀自己.
- 4. It was thought ostentatious of him.
- (大家)认为他那么做是为了炫耀阔绰.
- 5. Obviously he had plenty of money and was generous in its use without being ostentatious.
- 他显然很有钱，但出手大方却不炫富。