"pretentious" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 自命不凡
• 装腔作势

Definition

试图让自己看起来比实际更重要、更聪明或更有文化，通常让人觉得烦人或虚伪。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Pretentious” 多用于非正式或批评语境，描述试图过度展示自己的人、行为、艺术作品或语言。词义贬义，带有虚假或夸张的意思。常见搭配有 'pretentious restaurant'（装腔作势的餐厅）、'pretentious writing'（自命不凡的文风）。

Examples

Her style is a bit pretentious for this simple event.

她的风格对这个简单的活动来说有点**自命不凡**。

He sounded pretentious when he talked about his new car.

他说新车时听起来很**装腔作势**。

Many people find that movie too pretentious.

很多人觉得那部电影太**自命不凡**了。

The restaurant tries to be fancy, but it just comes off as pretentious.

这家餐厅想显得高级，其实只是很**装腔作势**。

Some people use big words just to sound pretentious.

有些人用大词只是为了听起来**自命不凡**。

Honestly, I thought the speech was interesting, but not at all pretentious.

说实话，我觉得演讲很有趣，一点也不**自命不凡**。