ostentation

🇬🇧/ˌɒstenˈteɪʃ(ə)n/ 🇺🇸/ˌɑːstenˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
📚 34439 GRE gmat
If you describe someone's behaviour as ostentation, you are criticizing them for doing or buying things in order to impress people. 卖弄; 炫耀

noun [抽象名词] 卖弄;虚饰;虚有其表

On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation. 总体来说,她生活俭朴,不事张扬。

后缀: tion 【noun】 表示某种行为、状态或结果 - indicating an action, process, or result 原词: ostentation 是通过后缀 【tion】 构成的派生词
ostent(显现) + ation → 显现 → 炫耀
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