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
- To use them too much for ornament, is affectation;
装饰之用过滥，显得矫揉造作； - I detest all affectation.
我厌恶一切矫揉造作的行为。 - She did so, at any rate, without affectation.
她这样做至少是毫不矫揉造作。 - He added that while he had respect for the French habit, and that in Russia where men also kiss each other in greeting, this was not the German way and it was an affectation.
他还说，虽然他很尊重法国人的习惯，在俄罗斯男人之间问候时也互相亲吻，但这太过矫揉造作，不是德国人该有的问候方式。 - His manner reeks of falseness and affectation.
他的举止充满了虚伪和做作。 - 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。 - And also to corrupt youth by means of seditious literature and drugs, the affectation of being demure in a provocative way.
还用带有煽动性的作品和毒品腐蚀年轻人。故意装出具有煽动性的端庄、正经的样子。 - Even if there is to do out of affectation.
即使有，也是矫揉造作做出来的。 - 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。