affectation

n. 做作；矫揉造作；假装

n.

假装；装模作样；装模作样的言行；矫情

变形

复数：affectations

英英释义

affectation[ ,æfek'teiʃən ]

n.a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

同义词：mannerismposeaffectedness

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

He made an affectation of indifference.
他装出无动于衷的样子。

This article is written in a simple style, free from any kind of affectation.
这篇文章语言质朴，毫无矫饰。

I dislike the affectation of her action.
我不喜欢她做作的行为。

权威例句

affectation (n.)

"studied display," 1540s, from French affectation (16c.) or directly from Latin affectationem (nominative affectatio) "a striving after, a claiming," noun of action from past participle stem of affectare "to strive for" (see affect (v.2)).

1. First of all a negative one, my friend: it would never be guilty of affectation.

首先是一个否定的，我的朋友：它永远不会有矫揉造作的罪过。

2. For affectation is seen, as you know, when the soul, or moving force, appears at some point other than the centre of gravity of the movement.

因为矫揉造作，正如你知道的那样，是在灵魂，或移动的力，在运动的重心之外的点上出现的时候，才被发现的。

3. He says someone with a flair for cocktail party conversation, a witticism, would say this. He gives it to us, but he frames it as an affectation of style.

他说在一个鸡尾酒派对上交谈的调酒师，这是妙语，他给我们了，但是他将其用娇柔做作的风格包装起来。

4. Affectation is inevitably the mark of one not sure of himself.

矫揉造作不可避免的会暴露不能肯定自己的人。

5. It’s interesting to see the different views of glamour and fashion over time, and how a bullet bra can be the height of seductive lingerie in one decade, and a ridiculous affectation in another.

有趣的是随着时间的流逝人们对于魅力和时尚看法的变化，在某个年代，一个子弹头样的文胸可以成为内衣的致命诱惑，在另一个年代则成为可笑的矫情做作。

6. Her posh accent is pure affectation.

她的时髦腔调纯粹是矫揉造作。

7. Give up all affectation. What is natural is best.

抛弃一切做作。自然的东西是最好的。

8. Give up all affectation. What is natural is best.

放弃全部的做作，自然是最好的。

9. The man is not humble, but he puts on an affectation of humility.

那个男人一点也不谦虚，但是他总是假装很谦虚。

10. Give up all affectation. What is natural is best.

放下所有的矫柔造作，自然的是最好的。

11. Give up all affectation. What is natural is best.

放弃做作的样子，自然是做好的。

12. He only used his personal dishes, an affectation the captain called it, but part of the ritualized necessities that kept him going.

他只用自己个人的盘碟，船长称其为装模作样，但某种仪式性的要求迫使他保持这种习惯。

13. What I advise him to do is (to) write without affectation.

我建议他做的就是不矫揉造作地写作。

14. Personal letters written in a professional capacity today have adapted this affectation.

今天，涉及职业能力的私人信件采纳了这种习惯。

15. The man is not humble, but he puts on an affectation of humility.

这个男人并不谦虚，却装作一副谦虚的样子。

16. I dislike the affectation of her action.

我不喜欢她做作的行为。

17. Nevertheless, we note her nudity, which instead of covering she seems to reveal with a certain affectation.

（遮住她的脸，只看眼睛）尽管如此，我们注意到她裸露的部分，但被衣服盖住的部分亦流露出一种吸引力。

18. In either case, strength and power are an expression of being, not an affectation, not used as a tool to gain unrightfully an ascendancy over another.

不论发生何种情况，强壮和力量都是一种存在的表达，没有做作，不用来当成不合法地获得对他人的统治权的工具。

19. He raised his eyebrows with an affectation of surprise.

他扬起双眉装出一幅惊奇的样子。

20. He raised his eyebrows with an affectation of surprise.

他扬起双眉装出一幅惊奇的样子。