affectation
英 [ˌæfekˈteɪʃn]
美 [ˌæfekˈteɪʃn]
n. 假装; 做作; 装模作样
复数：affectations
BNC.22237 / COCA.23010
牛津词典
noun
- 假装；做作；装模作样
behaviour or an action that is not natural or sincere and that is often intended to impress other people- His little affectations irritated her.
他的装腔作势令她不快。 - Kay has no affectation at all.
凯一点也不做作。 - He raised his eyebrows with an affectation of surprise (= pretending to be surprised) .
他扬起双眉装出一副惊奇的样子。
- His little affectations irritated her.
柯林斯词典
- N-VAR 做作；装腔作势
If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is anaffectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.- I wore sunglasses all the time and people thought it was an affectation...
我成天戴着墨镜，大家都觉得我在装酷。 - Lawson writes so well: in plain English, without fuss or affectation.
劳森写得很好：英文通俗易懂，朴实无华又不矫揉造作。
- I wore sunglasses all the time and people thought it was an affectation...
英英释义
noun
- a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
双语例句
- Lawson writes so well: in plain English, without fuss or affectation.
劳森写得很好：英文通俗易懂，朴实无华又不矫揉造作。 - The man seemed to avoid them rather than to seek them, but this without any affectation.
那个人好象是要避开那些行人，而不是想接近他们，但也没有露出故意回避的样子。 - I wore sunglasses all the time and people thought it was an affectation
我成天戴着墨镜，大家都觉得我在装酷。 - A man of affectation is not amiable though his face teems with smile.
真正亲爱的人，不笑也使人觉得和善。 - Ive only seen it from Americans who are trying for a British affectation.
我很少在试图模仿英国人的美国人的邮件中看到这个。 - Personal letters written in a professional capacity today have adapted this affectation.
今天，涉及职业能力的私人信件采纳了这种习惯。 - Even if there is to do out of affectation.
即使有，也是矫揉造作做出来的。 - His eccentric clothes are just an affectation.
他衣着古怪是装出来的。 - Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy, as being the art of counterfeiting those qualities which we might, with innocence and safety, be known to want.
做作与那些我们怀着天真与安全感接受的伪造才能的艺术的虚伪有着天壤之别。 - I am completely disgusted with his rude behaviour and affectation.
我非常厌恶他的粗野和做作。