柯林斯詞典pretentious /pr??t?n??s/ 1. ADJ If you say that someone or something is pretentious, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are. 做作的[表不滿] His response was full of pretentious nonsense. 他的回答盡是些裝腔作勢的胡說八道。 返回 pretentious劍橋詞典trying to appear or sound more important or clever than you are, especially in matters of art and literature （尤指在文學(xué)藝術(shù)方面）炫耀的，矯飾的，自以為是的 a pretentious art critic 自以為是的藝術(shù)評(píng)論家 The novel deals with grand themes , but is never heavy or pretentious. 這部小說探討的是重大主題，但它決不沉悶也不矯飾。 返回 pretentious