ostentatious

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ostentatious 是什么意思

中文释义

a. 装饰表面的, 铺张的, 夸示的, 华美的, 显眼的

英文释义

a. intended to attract notice and impress others

s. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

ostentatious 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 ostentatious 在自然语境里怎么用：

As she puts it, it's a simulacrum of showiness, aping an ostentatious design style that never truly existed.

—— Authoritarian Megalomaniacs Love Gaudy Buildings

The purchase was too ostentatious even for Trump, and it reportedly played a role in Secretary Kristi Noem’s ouster.

—— The Trump Administration Is Trying to Erase Its Own History

Examples of female-biased species are peafowl, with peacocks being famous for their ostentatious tail feathers, and great bustards, with males being around 2.5 times the size of females.

—— Promiscuity and parental behavior in birds are driven by demographics, not the other way around

His views have been shaped by the brash era in which excess was the norm and ostentatious displays of wealth and power were celebrated in pop culture and in Trump’s Manhattan.

—— 1979 Is the Year That Explains Donald Trump

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