ostentation

noun

1. pretentious or showy or vulgar display

2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Synonym: ostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesspuffinesssplashinessinflation

3. a gaudy outward display

Synonym: fanfareflash

1. 炫耀；夸示；卖弄
If you describe someone's behaviour as ostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people.

e.g. Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s...
消费者摒弃了20世纪80年代铺张摆阔的陋习。
e.g. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
大体上说，她生活俭朴，不事张扬。

1. ostentation在线翻译

1. 炫耀：出现这种差别的因为NE主要是puritan,而C主要是anglican,而puritan不鼓励炫耀(ostentation)财富,anglican实际上鼓励这样. 而砖结构和分开的路子造价是比较高的,因此可以用来炫耀财富. 所以C的这种房子就多. 而且在NE的anglican也是这样的.

2. 夸耀,卖弄,炫耀：ostensible 表面的;假装的 | ostentation 夸耀,卖弄,炫耀 | refraction 折光, 折射

3. 虚饰,夸张：mediocrity平凡 | ostentation虚饰,夸张 | sordid卑鄙,肮脏,贪婪,暗色调的

4. 卖弄：ostensory 圣礼显示台 | ostentation 卖弄 | ostentatious 装饰表面的