"pretentious" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 自命不凡
• 裝腔作勢

Definition

試圖讓自己看起來比實際更重要、更聰明或更有文化，通常讓人覺得煩人或虛偽。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Pretentious” 多用於非正式或批評語境，描述過度展現自己的人、行為、藝術或語言。這個詞帶負面含義，意味著虛假或誇張。常見用法有 'pretentious restaurant'（裝腔作勢的餐廳）、'pretentious writing'（自命不凡的文風）。

Examples

Her style is a bit pretentious for this simple event.

她的風格對這個簡單的活動來說有點**自命不凡**。

He sounded pretentious when he talked about his new car.

他談到新車時聽起來很**裝腔作勢**。

Many people find that movie too pretentious.

很多人覺得那部電影太**自命不凡**了。

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

這家餐廳想顯得高級，其實只是很**裝腔作勢**。

Some people use big words just to sound pretentious.

有些人用大詞只是為了聽起來**自命不凡**。

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

說實話，我覺得演講很有趣，一點也不**自命不凡**。