ostentatious

1. ADJ If you describe something as ostentatious, you disapprove of it because it is expensive and is intended to impress people. 鋪張的[表不滿]

...his house, which, however elaborate, is less ostentatious than the preserves of other Dallas tycoons. …他的房子無論多精美，還是不如達拉斯其他大亨的獨宅鋪張奢侈。

2. ADJ If you describe someone as ostentatious, you disapprove of them because they want to impress people with their wealth or importance. 炫耀的[表不滿]

Obviously he had plenty of money and was generous in its use without being ostentatious. 顯而易見，他有很多錢，花錢雖大方卻不擺濶。

3. ostentatiouslyADV 炫耀地

Her servants were similarly, if less ostentatiously attired. 她的僕人們穿著相似，衹是沒那麽華麗耀眼。

4. ADJ You can describe an action or behaviour as ostentatious when it is done in an exaggerated way to attract people's attention. 招搖的

His wife was fairly quiet but she is not an ostentatious person anyway. 他的妻子過去相儅文靜，而現在也不是一個愛招搖的人。

5. ostentatiouslyADV 招搖地

Harry stopped under a street lamp and ostentatiously began inspecting the contents of his bag. 哈裡在一盞路燈下停了下來，開始招搖地繙看他包裡的東西。