affectation

英 [ˌæfekˈteɪʃn]

美 [ˌæfekˈteɪʃn]

n.  假装; 做作; 装模作样

复数：affectations　

GRE医学

BNC.22237 / COCA.23010

牛津词典

noun

• 假装；做作；装模作样
  behaviour or an action that is not natural or sincere and that is often intended to impress other people
  1. His little affectations irritated her.
     他的装腔作势令她不快。
  2. Kay has no affectation at all.
     凯一点也不做作。
  3. He raised his eyebrows with an affectation of surprise (= pretending to be surprised) .
     他扬起双眉装出一副惊奇的样子。

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 做作；装腔作势
  If you say that someone's attitude or behaviour is anaffectation, you disapprove of the fact that it is not genuine or natural, but is intended to impress other people.
  1. I wore sunglasses all the time and people thought it was an affectation...
     我成天戴着墨镜，大家都觉得我在装酷。
  2. Lawson writes so well: in plain English, without fuss or affectation.
     劳森写得很好：英文通俗易懂，朴实无华又不矫揉造作。

英英释义

noun

• a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
  Synonym:mannerismposeaffectedness

双语例句

• One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness: a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
  对自尊自大与装模作样的最佳应急疗法就是晕船：要呕吐的人是决不摆架子的。
• He added that while he had respect for the French habit, and that in Russia where men also kiss each other in greeting, this was not the German way and it was an affectation.
  他还说，虽然他很尊重法国人的习惯，在俄罗斯男人之间问候时也互相亲吻，但这太过矫揉造作，不是德国人该有的问候方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy, as being the art of counterfeiting those qualities which we might, with innocence and safety, be known to want.
  做作与那些我们怀着天真与安全感接受的伪造才能的艺术的虚伪有着天壤之别。
• I detest all affectation.
  我厌恶一切矫揉造作的行为。
• His manner reeks of falseness and affectation.
  他的举止充满了虚伪和做作。
• Kneading machine, industrial, for food I detest all affectation.
  食品揉捏机，工业用我厌恶一切矫揉造作的行为。
• Earnest affectation is anyhow better than frivolous silliness.
  认真的矫情也比轻佻的愚蠢来得好些。
• Her love of jazz was just an affectation.
  她对爵士乐的喜爱不过是装模作样而已。