mid-15c., from Old French ostentacion (mid-14c.) and directly from Latin ostentationem (nominative ostentatio) "showing, exhibition, vain display," noun of action from past participle stem of ostentare "to display," frequentative of ostendere "to show" (see ostensible).
中文解释
1. os- "in front of" + tent- + -ation.2. 字面含义：stretched to the front. => show, expose to view, exhibit, display.3. => apparent, professed.4. 也就是拉伸、伸展到前面、表面、面前。
实用例句
1. I don't like the ostentation of their expensive life - style.
他们生活奢侈,爱摆阔,我不敢恭维.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Consumers are abandoning the excess and ostentation of the 1980s.
消费者摒弃了20世纪80年代铺张摆阔的陋习。
来自辞典例句
3. On the whole she had lived modestly, with a notable lack of ostentation.
大体上说，她生活俭朴，不事张扬。
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4. Their daughter's wedding reception was sheer ostentation.
他们女儿大办婚事纯然是为了炫耀.
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5. Do you reject his ostentation and glories in this world?