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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The author also believes that the changes Morrison's attitudes toward, affectations for, and ideas about China did not merely result from the development of his nature, but closely related to the progress and development of the Chinese society.
  本文认为，莫理循对待中国思想、感情、观念上的演变并非纯粹源自于其自身的本性发展，而是与中国社会自身的进步、发展密切相关的。
• Now there are people who start with the bad behavior and the affectations, hoping that it will be seen as a sign of insight and talent.
  现在有许多所谓的明星都行为不检点，装模作样，希望这些能够成为天赋和领悟的标志。
• 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。
• The acting of the little girl is natural and free from affectations.
  这小孩演得很自然。
• My affectations!'he murmured;` what are they?
  “我的装腔作势！”他喃喃着，“那是什么呢？
• She has so many little affectations.
  她有这么多做作的小动作。
• His film star affectations had fallen away.
  他迷恋电影明星的热情已经冷下来了。