Affectation

(noun.) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display.

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• She did not believe in the spiritual world--it was an affectation. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The affectation of the gauzy child, and her condescension to the boys, was a sight. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She was far above the paltry affectation of being confused. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Why, said the lady, with much affectation, you see I was daily, nay hourly, expecting to get settled in life. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The duke seeing that mine was real agitation and not affectation, condescended to unbend a little. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• She had even learnt to detect, in the very gentleness which had first delighted her, an affectation and a sameness to disgust and weary. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I suspect, said Elinor, that to avoid one kind of affectation, Edward here falls into another. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• It is only against the weak affectation and futile pomposity of a would-be aristocrat they turn mutinous. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Knighthood was becoming a picturesque affectation in the sixteenth century. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He praised her for being without art or affectation, for having simple, honest, generous, feelings. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He is fastidious and will have an affectation of his own. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Your indifference is half affectation, and a good stirring up would prove it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• There was no affectation in this; but much genuine, innate pride. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I assure you, Watson, without affectation, that the status of my client is a matter of less moment to me than the interest of his case. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It is true, sir,' returned Mrs. Sparsit, with an affectation of humility the very opposite of his, and therefore in no danger of jostling it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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