pretentious

adj

1. intended to attract notice and impress others

e.g. an ostentatious sable coat

Synonym: ostentatious

2. making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction

e.g. a pretentious country house
a pretentious fraud
a pretentious scholarly edition

3. (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

Synonym: ostentatious

1. 自命不凡的；自负的；矫饰的；炫耀的
If you say that someone or something is pretentious, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are.

e.g. His response was full of pretentious nonsense...
他的答复是一派荒谬的虚夸之词。
e.g. This pub was of a very different type, smaller, less pretentious.
这个酒吧风格独特，面积不大，比较低调。

1. 自命不凡的：libel 诽谤 | pretentious 自命不凡的 | contemporary artistic development 当代艺术发展

2. 矫饰,傲慢的：pretend 假装 | pretentious 矫饰,傲慢的 | pretext 藉口

3. pretentious

3. 狂妄的,做作的：3. privileged 特殊的,享受特权的,特许的 | 4. pretentious 狂妄的,做作的 | 5. irrelevant 不相干的,无关的