affectations
n.
假装( affectation的名词复数 );
装模作样;
装模作样的言行;
矫情;
例句:
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His little affectations irritated her.
他的装腔作势令她不快。
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The affectations in the way she speaks annoyed me.
她说话时装腔作势的样子惹我恼火.
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Her affectations make you sick.
她那装模作样劲儿真令人作呕.
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She completely dissolves all his affectations.
来自THETIMES
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His personal taste never advanced beyond the first affectations of the nouveau riche.
来自NEWYORKER
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I carried an umbrella and wore a panama hat these were affectations; I was pretending to be seedy.
来自NEWYORKER