英语词汇“affectation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	affectation
释义	affectation /af'ek tay"sheuhn/, n. 1. an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession: an affectation of interest in art; affectation of great wealth. 2. conspicuous artificiality of manner or appearance; effort to attract notice by pretense, assumption, or any assumed peculiarity. 3. a trait, action, or expression characterized by such artificiality: a man of a thousand affectations. 4. Obs. a. strenuous pursuit, desire, or aspiration. b. affection; fondness: his affectation of literature. [1540-50; < L affectation- (s. of affectatio) a striving after, equiv. to affectat(us), ptp. of affectare to AFFECT² (see -ATE¹) + -ion- -ION] Syn. 2. pretension, airs, mannerisms, pose. Ant. 2. artlessness, simplicity, sincerity.
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