Pretentious
[ prɪ'tɛnʃəs ]
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adj. 狂妄的，自命不凡的，自负的;虚伪的，矫饰的，做作的;
💡 词根助记
pre提前+tent延伸+ious形容词后缀→ 自负的；虚伪的
📝 例句
He is a talented but pretentious writer.
他是一个有才华但自命不凡的作家。
Let other people use the more pretentious words.
言过其辞的话让别人说吧。
He was restless with pretentious rhetoric.
他不尚空谈。
What he was saying must sound both feeble and pretentious.
他说的话听起来一定很软弱空洞。
Don't be so pretentious.
别那样虚伪。
🌱 联想助记
pretend 假装，假装自己是大人物
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
🔤 词根
-tend-表示“延伸”
常见变体有-tent-、-tens-
📖 牛津释义
pretentious
adj
claiming (esp without justification) merit or importance; pompous or showy 自负的; 自命不凡的; 炫耀的; 自我标榜的
expressed in pretentious language 用狂妄的语言表达的
a pretentious writer, book, style 自我炫耀的作家、 书、 文风.
🔁 扩展释义
*[pri'tenʃәs]a. 自负的, 自命不凡的, 夸耀的
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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His life shall be at the mercy of the Duke.
他的生命全凭公爵处置。
Once the oxygen content of the air had risen to 25% it was ready to burn.
一旦氧气在空气中的含量达到25%，它就要燃烧。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something，意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。