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

• 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。
• She did so, at any rate, without affectation.
  她这样做至少是毫不矫揉造作。
• His eccentric clothes are just an affectation.
  他衣着古怪是装出来的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Ive only seen it from Americans who are trying for a British affectation.
  我很少在试图模仿英国人的美国人的邮件中看到这个。
• I happen to enjoy my ghetto brew affectation.
  我碰巧正沉浸在我的犹太人情感中。
• And also to corrupt youth by means of seditious literature and drugs, the affectation of being demure in a provocative way.
  还用带有煽动性的作品和毒品腐蚀年轻人。故意装出具有煽动性的端庄、正经的样子。