affectations

英 [ˌæfɛkˈteɪʃ(ə)nz]

美 [ˌæfɛkˈteɪʃənz]

n.  假装; 做作; 装模作样
affectation的复数

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。

双语例句

• Their love withered in the winter and became the lifelong regret. Fortunately, the snow has memorized their affectations of each other.
  文臻的情缘，过不了一个冬季，成了半生的遗憾。白雪了记忆了他们真爱的相守。
• Her manner was simple, though for the very reason that she had not yet learned the many little affectations with which women conceal their true feelings.
  她很单纯，还没学会女人用以掩饰情感的那些小小的装腔作势。
• Her affectations make you sick.
  她那装模作样劲儿真令人作呕。
• His official affectations are insufferable.
  他的官架子真让人受不了。
• His film star affectations had fallen away.
  他迷恋电影明星的热情已经冷下来了。
• The acting of the little girl is natural and free from affectations.
  这小孩演得很自然。
• He met a group of wealthy and cynical Jews, Americans, Belgians, and Germans, but he judged their sophistication painful and their affectations boring.
  他遇到了一群又有钱又玩世不恭的犹太人、美国人、比利时人和德国人，不过他认为他们那种世故是令人痛苦的，他们那些虚伪做作很讨厌。
• He was excited and his film star affectations had disappeared.
  他很兴奋，于是他那种电影明星的矫饰态度不见了。
• Do not laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.
  别取笑青年人的装模作样；他们只不过是为了找寻自我而逐一试装出各种面孔罢了。
• I can't dance attendance on your affectations now.
  现在我不能再给你的装腔作势凑趣了。