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pretentiously
adverb
disapprovinguk /prɪˈten.ʃəs.li/ us /prɪˈten.ʃəs.li/
in a way that attempts to make you appear or sound more important or clever than you are: 装模作样地，矫饰地，自命不凡地
His learning is on display throughout the book, sometimes pretentiously so.他的学识在整本书中都有体现，有时有炫耀的嫌疑。
This is pretentiously called a time management system, but it is really just a diary.它被装模作样地称为时间管理系统，但实际上就是一本日记。
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pretentious
The play is never pretentiously oblique.
The book was pretentiously titled in Latin.
The movie has a bad, pretentiously mystical ending.
He was expounding pretentiously about his theories.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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affectation
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affectedly
archly
artificial
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forcedly
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glib
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ponce
ponce about/around
posey
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super-smooth
superslick
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theatricality
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