affectation

[US]/æfek'teɪʃ(ə)n/
[UK]/ˌæfɛk'teʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 做作;矯揉造作; 假裝
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Example Sentences

an affectation of calm.

故作鎮靜。

He made an affectation of indifference.

他裝出無動於衷的樣子。

the affectation of a man who measures every word for effect.

一個字斟句酌男子的矯情做作。

She is sincere and quite without affectation.

"她爲人誠懇,毫不矯揉造作。"

a mock-heroic farce that burlesques the affectations of Restoration heroic drama.

一出模仿王政復辟時期英雄劇的笑劇。

The affectations in the way she speaks annoyed me.

她說話時裝腔作勢的樣子惹我惱火。

simple but grandiose architecture); it often suggests pretentiousness, affectation, or pompousness (

簡潔但巨大的建築); 其常暗指自以爲是,虛假或自傲(

He speaks with a British accent, but that is just an affectation because he’s not British.

他說話帶有英國口音,但這是裝出來的,因爲他不是英國人。

an air of authority. In the plural, however, it suggests affectation and especially a wish to seem more important than is actually the case:

一副有權威的樣子。 然而,用於複數時則表示做作,特別是比實際情況更爲重要的願望:

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