affectation

C2

n. 假装, 做作, 矫情 [医] 矫饰, 矫情

发音

UK /ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
US /ˌæf.ɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
AU

词形变化

affectations 复数 affectations

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.

    假装

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    An unusual mannerism.

    做作

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    An ostentatious fondness for something.

    可数 罕用 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

pose mannerism affectedness

上位词 5

pretending simulation pretense pretence feigning

下位词 2

attitude radical chic

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁k-yé-ti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Proto-Italic *adfakjō Proto-Italic *adfaktāō Latin affectō Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Italic *-tjō Latin -tiō Latin affectātiōder. Middle French affectationbor. ▲ Latin affectātiōbor. English affectation From Middle French affectation and its etymon Latin affectātiōnem, from affectō (“to feign”). By surface analysis, affect + -ation.

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